netbook with serial

steveo · 19 Oct 2008 at 19:41

just wondering if theres any netbooks on the market that might have serial (rs232) ports on as am needing one as i cant use a serial to usb cable :confused:

steveo · 20 Oct 2008 at 12:24

any one ????? :confused:

beermonster · 20 Oct 2008 at 12:39

The Acer One and MSI Wind/Advent 4211 don't have one for sure. You might have to get an older sub notebook, serial hasn't been on many laptops for years now.

L33 · 20 Oct 2008 at 12:43

None of the models I know of have a serial port.
I know you said you can't use a USB > serial adapter, just curious why?

slylittlefox · 20 Oct 2008 at 20:36

L33 said:
None of the models I know of have a serial port.
I know you said you can't use a USB > serial adapter, just curious why?

I'm curious too :confused:

beermonster · 20 Oct 2008 at 22:43

the experience i had with them is that a lot of devices will not be detected via a usb to serial adapter, have no clue why but they just dont work with a lot of things.

steveo · 20 Oct 2008 at 22:49

beermonster said:
the experience i had with them is that a lot of devices will not be detected via a usb to serial adapter, have no clue why but they just dont work with a lot of things.

thats the reason right there i even tried one that i got from the rainforest and it just wouldnt find my device

suppose i could try and hunt down an old cheap lappy that might work, the usb to serial cables seem very flakey best of times and the drivers hinder more than help am sure of it

2StepSteve · 20 Oct 2008 at 22:59

Add the EEE PC to the list of doesn't have and to be honest shouldn't be needed anymore. I think it is time hardware stopped with the serial connections really! Yes that means you aswell, that expensive over priced managed switch/router. Isn't 1990 anymore!

Aod · 21 Oct 2008 at 00:06

mate, the only laptop you'll probably find with serial is a business-grade laptop, like an IBM thinkpad or a Dell D620