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Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by reboot6675@sopuli.xyz to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy.

You can't really see it in the picture but the laptop is pretty thick and heavy.

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[–] wjrii@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My B450 motherboard is pretty long in the tooth, but still firmly a "modern" component. I just added a Serial port via its built in header to use an old "Spaceball" for CAD. It only works in a few Windows apps, which is a shame because it's completely a software issue and it works PERFECTLY in the apps that still support it. Linux as well, though I've only tried that via a USB-Serial adapter on my laptop.