Re: PC components - check mobo has external serial port

[email protected] wrote:
>>Sam Varghese wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:19:04PM +1100 Tony Langdon said:
>>>
>>>>At 04:42 PM 12/18/2005, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>64-bit doesn't get much in extra speed for most apps. It is good for
>>>>>large data problems such as video or databases, or it can be as simple as
>>>>>making tar files a few gigabytes in size for backing up lots of data (2GB is
>>>>>the limit for 32-bit systems iirc).
>>>>
>>>>Actually, many filesystems support > 2GB file sizes under 32 bit
>>>>Linux.  It is documented on the Net, and I have done it myself on 2.4
>>>>and 2.6 kernel based systems on 32 bit PC hardware
>>>
>>>Thanks for the input all of you. I'll probably pick up the bits and
>>>pieces mid-week and have it set up by the weekend. A final question -
>>>between ABIT and ASUS what would you pick?
>>
>>Check for things like highest front-side bus speed and highest agp slot
>>speed. Don't know if there's much difference between the brands.
>>Apart from the usual peripherals, some motherboards have more pci slots
>>and usb sockets than others.
> 
> Agree with the above. I have not noticed any obvious difference over and
> above that by the CPU capacity designation, whether 32 or 64 bit.
> 
> Just avoid the trap I fell into, if  buying Asus A8V-E SE - it has one
> internal but no external serial port, i.e. I am going to some lengths to
> get the internal lead necessary to use my external serial modem.
> Cheers
> Eric

Motherboards that i've had with internal connectors were just
standard 10-pin (iirc) idc headers. PC shops or swapmeets should
have the matching 9-pin D connector with ribbon that plugs onto them.