[Gllug] So Intel removes serial ports

Alain Williams addw at phcomp.co.uk
Thu Oct 4 16:09:19 UTC 2001


On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 05:50:28PM +0200, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> How will I communicate with my servers?
> 
> What will it do for terminal servers?
> 
> What about logging into my servers using my palm?
> 
> Oh I forgot, many of my servers are 4-5 years old - I have plenty of
> time to get a replacement :-)
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22034.html

I think that the gist was that they are being removed from the motherboard.
If you want to continue to use them you will have to buy a USB floppy/serial_card.

Do PCs with USB floppies attempt to boot from them ? I would hope so, but just
never tried it.

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Alain Williams

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