Re: [NTLK] Serial port no longer provided on new laptops ...

From: Sonny Hung (sonnyhung_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 08:13:50 PDT


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:27:17 +0100, Ronnie Simon <ronnie_simon_at_uk.ibm.com> wrote:
> Well it looks like the biggest challenge to using a Newton 2100 in the PC
> laptop environment has now arrived. I have to exchange my current laptop
> with a spanking new laptop within the next 3 days. I have just noticed
> that there is no serial port.

> Carrying a serial cable over the last 7 years to facilitate communications
> between the Newton 2100 and the laptop PC is hard act to beat in a truly
> mobile context (hotel rooms, secure military sites ...).

Well Ronnie, your in the same boat as Mac Users now - one option would
be to get a USB to DB9 - this was done for the Palm OS PDA when they
started USB Connectivity and when I setup this for the Ogilvy
Executive Users it worked find... Oh well it just means another
adapter unless you have the Newt Cable spliced directly into the USB
to DB9 directly.

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Sonny Hung
the Hung Family
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