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Re: what usb -> serial adapter should i get?

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
some older laptops have a serial port on the docking station, and you can buy some of those docking stations dirt cheap on ebay...like the one for my 700 mhz small/light Dell L400. And this docking station is really no more bulky/heavy than some of the usb/serial adapters are! ymmv
that would be cool......but the new alienware laptop i have dosent have a docking station that i know of.

i may try to build my own .....then again maby not..lol

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