On 18 Jan 2013, at 20:34, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote: On 1/18/2013 3:55 PM, Dave McGuire wrote: On 01/18/2013 03:47 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: RS232 is no longer common on average consumer PeeCees.;) Sure it is. Just not on the motherboard. Really, it's not all that difficult to plug in a $5 USB<->serial adapter. If you can believe it or not my new laptop actually has a serial port. The funny thing is the old one didn't. :) Who made them though? (Old and new) -brian -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff! http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress pet project.