USB (*gasp*) modem?

David Hardy belovedbold357 at gmail.com
Sun May 13 22:20:53 EDT 2012


Guilty as charged.



On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
<rozzin at geekspace.com>wrote:

> 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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