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[inforequest]

As I recall the market was flooded with emulators meant for mouse use, and not actually rs232. There is a big difference between adresing hardware thru the os and talking 

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From: Jerry B. Altzman jbaltz-at-altzman.com |nyphp MAIN ONE dev/internal group use| <...>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire	the	Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

on 2008-08-09 12:28 inforequest said the following:
> I need a serial port often...its still used quite a bit for null modem connections. I don't expect a 9 pin on my new notebook, but I wouldn't regret one

USB->serial connectors are cheap, plentiful, and work like a charm in 
Windows and Linux.



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