On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 15:59 -0400, Josh Koffman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:38 PM, William Couture wrote: > > It must have a *REAL* serial port. Not a USB <--> serial dongle. I > > work in embedded > > software, and many things are still RS232. USB will not work with too > > much software. > > My Dell d620 came with a real serial port, on the laptop itself even! > I'm not sure if the current one d630 has it too. I think the d820 had > it as well. In the "old days" you could get serial port PCMCIA cards, is there nothing equivalent for whatever the current expansion cards are for laptops? TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist