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>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:09:20 +1300 >From: Chris Liljenstolpe <cds@mcmvxb.mcmurdo.gov> >To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu >Subject: Problems with IBM service >Message-Id: <3.0b35.32.19961114105004.00749070@mcmvxb.mcmurdo.gov> > >2) About a week before I left for Antarctica (where I am now) I discovered >that my serial port was not working. I could not use it for a direct >connection to another machine, and I could not use it to talk to my digital >camera. It did pass an EasyStart diagnostic (without a cable attached). An alternative solution given you were pressed for time might have been to buy a PCMCIA card with one or more extra serial ports. Depending on which model thinkpad you have this might actually be an advantage (e.g. my TP750CS appears to have an 8250 [slow speed serial port]) because the PCMCIA card could emulate a 16550 serial port (capable of much higher speed).