3 ms·
very interesting that it supports osx as there are so few modern apple computers that have any way of using an rs232 port, I think the last macbook pro with an
by throwawayaway 12y ago
very interesting that it supports osx as there are so few modern apple computers that have any way of using an rs232 port, I think the last macbook pro with an express card slot was released in 2011. perhaps a usb to rs232 is used.
- fredoralive 12y agoIt must require an Xserve, they had serial ports. :-) (But more seriously, USB->Serial converters work with Mac OS X, I used one to connect a Palm m105 to a G3 iBook running Mac OS X 10.1 way back when. More currently, it seems the OS itself ships with drivers for FTDI's converter chips nowadays, although I haven't used that capability).
- jarcane 12y agoIt supports TCP/IP as well, and with OS-9 I think at least it's possible to connect to that directly using a serial-to-LAN bridge. It also supports local IP connections as well, which makes it useful for emulators, as DriveWire is much more capable and featureful than simply loading disk images.
- spogbiper 12y agoMost people use usb-serial adapters whether on Mac, Windows or Linux. Source: I wrote it ;)