Typewriters are something which was once ubiquitous, yet which abruptly faded away and are now a rare sight. There was a period of a few years in which electric typewriters and computers existed ...

I need a hyperterminal work-a-like for my RedHat 6.2 box. I have a repo'd Shiva VPN gateway that I need to use the management console to reset the password on. So it is a serial connection from laptop ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

Although serial port connections have been replaced by USB ports in most computers, older business equipment such as fax machines and printers may still utilize them. When a serial port stops ...

[Photo: jstn.cc] Are you ever struck with the urge to briefly get away from your nice color display, with its slim profile and large screen, to retreat to the warm glow of an old-school terminal ...

The project is also known as terminalscope which uses standard PS/2 keyboard input and 54×24 resolution oscilloscope screen in order to build a bidirectional serial terminal console. The project is ...

After connecting a device with a serial port with the computer via the Prolific PL2303 cable, some users have received the following error message: Please install the ...

Weidmuller announces an addition to the Industrial Ethernet Portfolio with its new serial to fiber-optic Ethernet converters. These converters provide a simple and reliable method for integrating ...

When fiddling around with old computers, you can occasionally find yourself in a sticky situation. What may be a simple task with today’s hardware and software can be nearly impossible given the ...