Re: PC components - check mobo has external serial port

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On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:10:57PM +0800 [email protected] said:
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> 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.

Apart from a modem, for what would you use a serial port these days?
Yeah, if you need to do a network install, you do need one but like the
floppy, the serial port seems to have reached its use by date.

Sam
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