USB (*gasp*) modem?

Joshua Judson Rosen rozzin at geekspace.com
Sun May 13 21:15:37 EDT 2012


David Hardy <belovedbold357 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Well, what was the *other* qualification you and your colleague came up with
> the other day?  Enquiring potential nerds wanna know.

"Appreciates hoppy beers".


> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com>
> wrote:
> 
>     Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
>     >
>     >   If the laptop doesn't have an RS-232 port, one can obtain
>     > USB<->RS232 adapters for small money.  The later are a
>     > well-established product with a universal interface (USB serial
>     > communications class.  They shouldn't need vendor-specific drivers
>     > under any OS that supports USB.
>    
>     Oh, you'd be surprised. Apparently there are a zillion different
>     USB<->RS232 adapter chipsets, and a zillion different drivers
>     required to drive them. Linux is in good shape here, but some
>     of other OSes..., not so much. Mac OS X, for example, needs
>     third-party drivers to be able to use the most popular adapter-chips--
>     and what's more, the drivers apparently suck and tend to crash the whole
>     OS.
>    
>     > These also come in handy for connecting to the serial consoles on
>     > routers, switches, and other IT gear.  Small pieces, loosely joined.
>    
>     It's funny--I was discussing working definitions of "nerd" with
>     a colleague, the other day..., and one of the two qualifications
>     that we came up with was something like `carries a multitude
>     of interconnectable devices'....

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