> >>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

> 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.

And who are you a salesman / marketingman for ? :-)

Serial ports vanish because sellers would rather not have to make machines
with them on. If new machines came with at least one serial port nobody is
going to complain, and it allows you to use still quite new equipment. The
ready availability of USB to serial converters suggests that their lack is
due more to marketing and cost saving than to lack of need.

        RM

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