USB (*gasp*) modem?

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Robert Casey <beecee808 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> I do love hoppy beer, and peripherals!

Oh, right--"peripherals" was the word I was trying to remember,
where I used "devices".

Preoccupied trying to get my inbox down below 600 unhandled messages,
tonight....

-- 
"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."

> 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'....
>    
>     --
>     "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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