On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Josh Koffman wrote: > 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. At work we have Dell Latitude D610/620/630 depending how long you have work for the company (a new setup started in 2006). I am one of the earlier employee so I am still using the D610. It has real serial port and parallel port. D620 has the serial port. D630 has no serial port. But all of us have a docking station and an external monitor. The dock has the serial port and parallel port. You can probably buy newer Dell Latitude laptops with a dock which comes with a serial port as well. The quality of the Dell Latitude laptop is not bad (Inspiron is in general worse). The quality of the dock and other accessories are questionable as I have changed one keyboard and one docking station in the past three years (I think the warranty is three years). Now the warranty is expired. -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist