(July 17, 2013 at 4:01 pm)Tonus Wrote:(July 17, 2013 at 11:10 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Sorry, COM ports have disappeared in favor of USB ports. I don't think they'll make a comeback.
And good riddance! If I ever have to remap an IRQ it'll be too damned soon.
Aren't USB ports wonderful? Just plug something in and it automatically works. True "plug and play." Whether it's a wireless adaptor, dongle, or memory stick, just stick it in and go (that's what she said!).
That being said, I did have to get a couple of serial-to-USB converters for radio interfaces to control radios via computer. But with only two of them it wasn't hard to set up IRQ's and which COM ports they use. But basically all it takes is plugging in and it's running.
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