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Most of this, plus USB-serial adapters (I've heard that PCs with native serial ports are now considered "professional" equipment), plus some more exotic ones. A
by astrobe_ 6y ago
Most of this, plus USB-serial adapters (I've heard that PCs with native serial ports are now considered "professional" equipment), plus some more exotic ones. A decade ago I used to use port switching boxes and to assemble adapters like Lego bricks to connect the square peg with the round hole . But that's only because I work in embedded.
And there's the software too: the buggy Hyperterm (except the private edition), Procomm, Minicom... These days I use Knossos' dterm ( http://www.knossos.net.nz/resources/free-software/dterm/ http://www.knossos.net.nz/resources/free-software/dterm/ ).
- gambiting 6y ago>>I've heard that PCs with native serial ports are now considered "professional" equipment I mean, laptops, sure. But PCs I think most still have a COM port. I bought a "gaming" X570 motherboard recently and there's still a COM header on it, I'd need to buy the port itself but the mobo does support it natively.
- toast0 6y agoI think COM headers on motherboards are common still, but no longer ubiquitous. For A520 ITX boards it seemed about 50:50 if they'd have a com port.
- bitwize 6y agoMicrosoft started an initiative in the late 90s to abolish "legacy" ports from PCs including serial, parallel, and PS/2. RS232 is not something you can expect on consumer-grade equipment.