Re: No serial ports

["Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

While shopping for a new laptop in December, I too noticed that most of them
did not have a serial port.  I did buy a Dell Latitude D510 for a good price
and it has a serial port!  Its very light compared to my older Dell Inspiron
7500.  Works great!  Its hard to beat a Dell.  Been using them for years.
Good box with superb customer and technical support behind them.
Regards,
Allan


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have tried the "USB to serial converter" and found it simply didn't work
>in all the cases I tried. Personally, I only use a laptop that has a serial
>port, which means an older one. This is no problem, since the alarm
>software is pretty "low end" in regards to the laptop it needs....
>
> RHC
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> "alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> OK, here's a chance for you to talk about alarm stuff.
>>
>> I have been looking for a new laptop, and almost bought one, until I
>> realized that none of the ones I've seen have a serial port. Since I use
>> my
>> laptop program and download alarm controls through an external modem, the
>> serial port would come in handy. I know there are serial port adapters,
>> and
>> I might settle for that arrangement if it works with my external Hayes
>> and
>> Practical Peripheral modems. OTOH, I have seen laptops on the internet
>> with
>> a serial port, but the selection is slim.
>>
>> What are you guys doing?
>> js
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