Comments on: I {Love|Hate} Serial Ports or….. Life in the slow lane http://www.johndearmond.com/2007/11/29/i-lovehate-serial-ports-or-life-in-the-slow-lane/ My little pothole on the information superhighway Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: z http://www.johndearmond.com/2007/11/29/i-lovehate-serial-ports-or-life-in-the-slow-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-74 z Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:43:35 +0000 http://www.johndearmond.com/2007/11/29/i-lovehate-serial-ports-or-life-in-the-slow-lane/#comment-74 The sporters are nice enough mate, but if you ever find a USR courier external get one. These are the original classic externals that drive the packets like a fine car from bygone years. For noisy crappy lines with lots of noise the courier cannot be beat. *laughs* here is one still listed new for $264.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2524139 However, if you look around you can probably get one for 10 bucks at a second hand comp store or the like. all the best! -Zachary (sorry about the cat.. so it goes huh? looked like he had a pretty happy life) The sporters are nice enough mate, but if you ever find a USR courier external get one. These are the original classic externals that drive the packets like a fine car from bygone years. For noisy crappy lines with lots of noise the courier cannot be beat.

*laughs* here is one still listed new for $264.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2524139

However, if you look around you can probably get one for 10 bucks at a second hand comp store or the like.

all the best!

-Zachary (sorry about the cat.. so it goes huh? looked like he had a pretty happy life)

]]> By: Joseph Bender http://www.johndearmond.com/2007/11/29/i-lovehate-serial-ports-or-life-in-the-slow-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Joseph Bender Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:25:35 +0000 http://www.johndearmond.com/2007/11/29/i-lovehate-serial-ports-or-life-in-the-slow-lane/#comment-55 This is why I keep a small pile of modems in a tub and a real POTS line to the house. You never know when you'll need them. I do tend to have a modem on one of my Linux boxes because I still do so much out-of-band router management. This is why I keep a small pile of modems in a tub and a real POTS line to the house. You never know when you’ll need them. I do tend to have a modem on one of my Linux boxes because I still do so much out-of-band router management.

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