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   mark lewis to Kurt Weiske   
   Found New Hardware   
   28 May 15 12:24:02   
   
   27 May 15 20:33, you wrote to Paul Quinn:   
      
    KW>   Re: Found New Hardware   
    KW>   By: Paul Quinn to Holger Granholm on Wed May 27 2015 05:09 pm   
      
    PQ>> I kind that of know the feeling. Both of the two Dell desktop PCs   
    PQ>> currently used here don't have any COM ports! You do realize how   
    PQ>> frustrating that is for a Fidonet sysop, don't you? Sort of like an   
    PQ>> Irishman in a room full of shovels being told to 'take his pick'. ;)   
      
    KW> While I like having a serial port available on my 10+ year old BBS   
   system, I'd   
    KW> take a dual core box with a 64-bit OS and a USB modem any day.   :)   
      
   there are also USB to DB9 and i think DB25 serial ports available... or there   
   were...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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