Subj : Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : fusion
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri May 03 2024 11:15:05

  Re: Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
  By: fusion to Nightfox on Fri May 03 2024 12:39 pm

 fu> can't really speak for every manufacturer but my ASUS X570 motherboard
 fu> still has a serial port on it. just need a breakout cable and a slot cover
 fu> with the serial plug itself to get out to the outside of the case.. my ham
 fu> radio is connected to mine. there are probably others brands that have
 fu> this. and if you really need it there are 2 port pci express serial cards
 fu> (or more!) on amazon.

The motherboard in my main PC has a header for a serial port on it.  A couple years ago, I bought a breakout cable so that I now have a serial port on the back of the PC.  I'm not using it now, but I remember it looked like that serial port on the motherboard is connected to the USB bus..

My secondary PC (which my BBS runs on) is a Dell workstation that has a serial port on it, and it appears to be an actual serial port connected to the bus (it comes up in linux as a /dev/tty device rather than a USB device).  I have a modem connected to it with a phone line so people can dial into my BBS if they want. (The phone number is 1-971-910-4722)

Nightfox
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