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Re: No Serial Ports on Notebooks

Subject: Re: No Serial Ports on Notebooks
From: "CWatters" <colin.watters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:11:00 +0100
Newsgroups: alt.security.alarms
References: <138jav3sd9o9i88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

"Randy Mass" <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:138jav3sd9o9i88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > I've done a little research and I believe a pcmcia card with a serial
> port should function like a normal serial port. Most seem to advertise a
> 16550 serial chip on the pci bus, just like if it was onboard.
>
> Anyone else run into this and already slain a dragon that I'm now facing??
>
> Thanks
> Randy

Yes. A PCMCIA card will normally work but not if the software on the PC has
been written to interface directly with the serial port on a PC.

References:
- No Serial Ports on Notebooks
  - From: Randy Mass

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