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Date:      Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:49:27 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@Sisis.de>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: two RS-232 ports for notebook 
Message-ID:  <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:52:29 %2B0100." <19981226105229.52819@sisis.de> 

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> I've one notebook with a normal RS-232 connector (9-pin) as COM1
> and an IR as COM2. Are there any PCMCIA cards which just give me the
> possibility to have two normal RS-232 connectors, one as COM1 and the
> other say as COM3?

Yes.  You'll often find them advertised in magazines specialising in 
industrial automation or data acquisition; the cards often have two or 
four ports onboard.  Be prepared to pay through the nose for them.

> 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.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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