I believe they indeed do not come with serial ports on most of the newest=
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models.=20

But the newest models are showing up with Blue Tooth capabilities.

There are fewer new models showing up because they are being replaced wit=
h cell=20
phones that are Pocket PCs too.

Most all have an infrared communications port.

Thanks Mike for the Font code. I will give it a try. I have been using Lo=
gfont=20
but cannot come up with a set of variables that CE 2.0 will accept.

John


Quoting Ed Sutton <esutton@NOMADICS.COM>:

> Thanks Mike,
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> I assumed serial ports had been made obsolete on PocketPC's.
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> -Ed
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> > Many Pocket PCs come with a serial port.  I've been using a few model=
s
> from
> > Symbol designed for industrial use.  They all come with a serial port=
,
> though
> > the connectors are all custom, not DB9.
> >
> > If you get a Pocket PC with a serial port, then you just need a PIC
> with a UART
> > and a level shifter.  See today's "Communication Between PIC and PC"
> thread.
> >
> > -Mike
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