You can pick up an old toughbook on eBay that have serial ports for reasonable prices. Put in flash disk and run linux for a reasonable experience. But for the height of convenience you cant go past an Air Console. http://www.get-console.com/airconsole/ Nothing beats being able to plug it in deep inside a rack and then walk back to a comfortable seat to work. Beats the cold data center floor any day! Matt /* Matt Perkins Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd. Office 1300 133 299 matt@spectrum.com.au Fax 1300 133 255 Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000 SIP 1300137379@sip.spectrum.com.au ABN 66 090 112 913 PGP/GNUPG Public Key can be found at http://pgp.mit.edu */ On 11/11/2014 7:39 am, Max Clark wrote:
Hi all,
DB9 ports seem to be a nearly extinct feature on laptops. Any suggestions on a cheap laptop for use in field support (with an onboard DB9)?
Thanks, Max