USB (*gasp*) modem?

[Robert Casey]

I do love hoppy beer, and peripherals!

-Bobby
On May 13, 2012 9:16 PM, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:

> 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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