In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, SPENCE wrote:

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT INDUSTRY WIDE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH H... RAISED ABOUT THE LOSE OF SERIAL PORTS ON LAPTOPS THAT PANASONIC HAS HEARD THE SCREAMING AND HAS SERIAL PORTS ON ALL OF THEIR TOUGBOOK SERIES MADE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ARENA.. I THINK MY NEXT ONE, IF I LIVE LONG ENOUGH, WILL BE A CF-51 OR EQUIVELENT. NO MORE IBM THINKPADS FOR ME. NOT SINCE CHINA IS TAKING THEM OVER.

OTHERWISE I THINK IT IS CHEAPER TO BUY ONE FTDI CHIP FOR EACH OF US THAN TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL COST AND COMPLEXITY OF HAVING ONLY USB.  THOSE ADAPTERS ARE ALREADY HERE FOR USB TO SERIAL, BUT THERE ARE NOE AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE SERIAL TO USB FOR THE REST OF US. I WILL BE PUTTING 16 SERIAL PORTS ON MY NEW LINUX BOX. 

73
SPENCE
K4KEP

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