Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:46:33 -0700 From: Michael Enright <michael.enright@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console on a ThinkPad? Message-ID: <eab6593d0407161246741f9c63@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <40F7F37B.3400.11A40478@localhost> References: <40F79C66.592.104FD19D@localhost> <40F7F37B.3400.11A40478@localhost>
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At this regional, walk-in store in Southern California, you can get the cards for under $40 each, so $225 total seems pretty high. In my experience the cards come with cables. http://pcclub.com/product_list.cfm?cat=Controller%20Cards&subcat1=Firewire Prices at newegg.com seem to be similar but I don't have a nice summary link for that. On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:25:47 -0400, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > On 16 Jul 2004 at 20:15, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:14:14AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > > > I had a look at this. I have an overview of how to do it (manual > > > pages dcons(4), dconschat(8) and possibly a few others linked from > > > those). But the problem is hardware. None of my computers have > > > firewire. That means buying two firewire cards. That's about $225 > > > minimum (including the taxes and the cable). > > > > I paid the equivalent of USB $20 for both my NEC-based PCI and CardBus > > firewire cards... including cables, and taxes, here in .uk. > > That's USD I think. If I could get them at those prices, I'd buy > them. Used? I must be looking in the wrong stores. > > > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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