Re: [NTLK] Serial ports on MacBook Pro

From: Norman Palardy <npalardy_at_great-white-software.com>
Date: Tue Aug 29 2006 - 12:49:30 EDT

On Aug 29, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Ivan Kowalenko wrote:

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> On Aug 28, 2006, at 14.10, Roman Pixell [GMail] wrote:
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>> Has anyone tried anything like this on a MacBook in order to connect
>> the newt?
>> http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/202484
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> I doubt it, since there's, as yet, no NCU support on OS X (x86
> version), the page talks of Windows drivers (so no one as an idea as
> to if this even works with OS X), and since I'm not sure that
> MacBooks (even the Pros) have an "ExpressCard" port. I'm pretty sure
> the MBPs have PCMCIA/CarBus slots, which are a bit wider than what's
> in that picture.

Macbook pro's have an expresscard/34 slot in them

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