On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote: > One thing that surprises me is the number of devices > that require a serial port. > I thought they went out several years ago? > I don't think my remote computer (HP ML110) has one. usb to serial, prolific devices (specifically PL2303) work wonders on Linux. Steph