The bonus about the adapter that I linked is that they use legit chips. I went through the FTDI driver update without a problem. -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+kate=quadranet.com@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Bacon Zombie Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 2:44 PM To: John Schiel Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Tech Laptop with DB9 You mean like they did with the last driver update pushed via Windows Update? http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-ki... On 10 Nov 2014 23:32, "John Schiel" <jschiel@flowtools.net> wrote:
On 11/10/2014 02:05 PM, joel jaeggli wrote:
ftdi chipsets work on both mac and windows devices.
I'd be careful with FTDI chipsets, you want to make sure you get the real chip. If they decide to move forward with bricking counterfeit chips, you'll be wasting your $$.
--John
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On 11/10/14 10:39 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