On Monday 07 July 2008, Simon Slater wrote: >On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >Regards, >> >Les H >> >ANother OLD RS232 and other serial buss Factually Accurate but often >> >Retarded Technician. >> >> There are times Les, when that description is too accurate. :-( > >I don't suppose someone of your ilk could point a young bloke to some >reading on serial comms with linux boxes? I have a box of odd things >I'd like to get going to save some manual data input (microchip reader, >barcode scanners etc). Might even be useful when I get a GPS next year. >I keep putting it off for a rainy day, but the drought hasn't broken >yet. About 20 years ago did a bit with minicom and remote weather >stations, but can't recall how I got started. > >-- >Hooroo, >Simon Put on your green suit and jump right in Les. I've forgotten at least half of what I ever knew about serial. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) To be wise, the only thing you really need to know is when to say "I don't know." -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list