Most of that uses USB anymore.  PDA, phone, etc.  Few people have GPS's
and the same goes for modems and especially remote debugging.  Hence the
vanishing serial port.

But you all get the point.



Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Shawn Wilton [mailto:shawn@BLACK9.NET]
>>Sent: 15 April 2004 06:33
>>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>>Subject: Re: ] Alternate serial port?
>>
>>
>>Not really.  Serial is used for the most part, NEVER.
>>Parallel is still the major method for printer hook up though.
>>Seriously, if you didn't program pics, what would you use
>>your serial port for?
>
>
> Of the top of my head: Cell phone contact managers, PDA connectivity, GPS,
> terminal emulation, remote debugging, external modem
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
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