Are the days of hardware synths and speaking from boot numbered?

[Alex Snow]

Also most server-class boards still come with onboard serial ports (I 
deal with a lot of Supermicro hardware at work and they still have at 
least 1 serial port).  Even if you don't want to spend the money on a 
new board, surplus equipment is always available.

On 12/12/2012 10:26 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
> I always buy Asus mobos and they always have a serial header. The adapter
> you need is available from cables2go for about $10.  My department always
> buys from Dell and they always come with the serial  port DB9 port on the
> back. So for me, it hasn't been a problem using my serial hardware synth.
>
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> Well, they may be, but not quite yet.  As John Covici pointed out, you can
> get cables and brackets to extend the serial headers on your mother board,
> if it has them.
>
> On the other hand, if you have an old isa card, and are in the market to buy
> a new computer, there are still companiesout there that make computers with
> both isa and pci slots, you just have to look for them.
> One that I found while doing a search is Nixsys Open Systems.  Their web
> site is nixsys.com, where you will find a link for isa slot computers.
> They come in both short tower and rack mount configurations.  Hope this
> helps.
>
> Gene
>
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