They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy.
You can’t really see it in the picture but the laptop is pretty thick and heavy.
They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy.
You can’t really see it in the picture but the laptop is pretty thick and heavy.
My B450 motherboard is pretty long in the tooth, but still firmly a “modern” component. I just added a Serial port via its built in header to use an old “Spaceball” for CAD. It only works in a few Windows apps, which is a shame because it’s completely a software issue and it works PERFECTLY in the apps that still support it. Linux as well, though I’ve only tried that via a USB-Serial adapter on my laptop.