[ALUG] linux newbie - help requested

[Ian bell]

Wayne Stallwood wrote:

> 
> Sysadmin/network engineer types are still mourning the loss of the
> serial port on most laptops, only a few (usually quite expensive) models
> still come with one of those.
> 

Me too. I do a lot of microcontroller development and most of the 
tools use the serial port for device programmimg - I currently use a 
USB/serial adaptor on my laptop.

Ian