[ILUG] real modems -v- linmodems -v- winmodems.

[Paul Mc Auley]

On Sun December 21 2008 13:27:24 Gavin McCullagh wrote:
|  Lots of machines don't have serial ports these days but -- apparently
| due to the proliferation of hookie cable-tv boxes -- Peats and Maplins
| on Parnell Street, Dublin seem to keep a stock of usb-serial adaptors
| if you need one.  Last time I bought one, the shop clerk was surprised
| to hear that I wanted one for entirely legal purposes.

That's a surprise. How else are you supposed to talk to your choice of 
network equipment?

Of course I know that the trend is to replace RS232 ports with USB, but 
occasionally we need to talk to them.
	Paul