From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 27 06:36:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA28467 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 06:36:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA28462 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 06:36:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id OAA03414; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:35:55 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:33:19 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:52:29 +0100." <19981226105229.52819@sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:33:15 +0000 To: Matthias Apitz From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: two RS-232 ports for notebook Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, At 1:49 pm -0800 26/12/98, Mike Smith wrote: > [...] >> Or is there some other way to replace the IR interface >> with normal 9-pin RS-232? I want to use my notebook for collecting >> and tracing a protocol of a serial device. > >Short of taking the notebook apart and hacking some extra hardware onto >it, no. It used to be possible to buy parallel to serial converters. They won't be cheap either. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message