New Laptop w/ Serial Port?

lemmyslender · 02-25-05, 07:54 AM

Just looking for a little help. I have a friend looking for a new laptop that has a serial port.

He's into serious "overclocking" (racing) on his motorcycle and some of the computers onboard require a serial port to download the data and allow changes to be made.

He's not exactly computer literate, so I'd like to find something with a serial port built in. Also looking for large screen and good battery life. It will probably only be used for the bike, so it doesn't need to be top of the line.

I've been and will continue to look online, any help is appreciated.

Slackfumasta · 02-25-05, 09:18 AM

All the Dell laptops I've been buying have had a 9 pin serial port as standard equipment. They do not, however, come with PS/2 ports or a parallel port.

Icedfire101 · 02-25-05, 09:35 AM

there are also usb to serial coverters... my uses one on her new laptop

aaronrkelly · 02-25-05, 09:37 AM

I guess I would just buy the laptop that suits his needs and then grab a USB to serial port adapter. I have seen them all over the place - shouldnt be too hard to find.

lemmyslender · 02-25-05, 10:18 AM

Thanks all.

Slack - Any model numbers? I've looked at the dell site and don't see any with serial ports.

Ultimately I may have to get a USB adapter. I was hoping to keep it simple with a builtin port. Less stuff to lose, no drivers to install, etc. Adapters can break get lost, etc.

ozzlo · 02-25-05, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slackfumasta

All the Dell laptops I've been buying have had a 9 pin serial port as standard equipment. They do not, however, come with PS/2 ports or a parallel port.

mine don't have any... my model number stopped comming with serial ports in march of last year...

i8600

David · 02-25-05, 11:22 AM

The Acer Aspire 13xx series laptops have serial ports. Not sure about newer ones.

Slackfumasta · 02-25-05, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozzlo

mine don't have any... my model number stopped comming with serial ports in march of last year...

i8600

Hmm, you're right. The newest laptop I just got in doesn't have a serial port. My 8600 does fortunately, since I need it to program equipment.

Oh well, the USB to serial converter will work too.

02-25-05, 07:54 AM	Thread Starter #1
lemmyslender Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chicago	New Laptop w/ Serial Port? Just looking for a little help. I have a friend looking for a new laptop that has a serial port. He's into serious "overclocking" (racing) on his motorcycle and some of the computers onboard require a serial port to download the data and allow changes to be made. He's not exactly computer literate, so I'd like to find something with a serial port built in. Also looking for large screen and good battery life. It will probably only be used for the bike, so it doesn't need to be top of the line. I've been and will continue to look online, any help is appreciated. __________________ IDEQ210 XP1600, 512MB, Raedon 9250 MSI KM2M, XP1600, 384MB, Raedon 7500
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Slackfumasta Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: My own personal HELL!	All the Dell laptops I've been buying have had a 9 pin serial port as standard equipment. They do not, however, come with PS/2 ports or a parallel port.
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Icedfire101 Member Join Date: Jul 2004	there are also usb to serial coverters... my uses one on her new laptop
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aaronrkelly Member Join Date: Jan 2005	I guess I would just buy the laptop that suits his needs and then grab a USB to serial port adapter. I have seen them all over the place - shouldnt be too hard to find.
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02-25-05, 10:18 AM	Thread Starter #5
lemmyslender Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chicago	Thanks all. Slack - Any model numbers? I've looked at the dell site and don't see any with serial ports. Ultimately I may have to get a USB adapter. I was hoping to keep it simple with a builtin port. Less stuff to lose, no drivers to install, etc. Adapters can break get lost, etc. __________________ IDEQ210 XP1600, 512MB, Raedon 9250 MSI KM2M, XP1600, 384MB, Raedon 7500
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David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	The Acer Aspire 13xx series laptops have serial ports. Not sure about newer ones. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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