[geeks] stupid question: software null modem?

Patrick Giagnocavo patrick at zill.net
Fri Aug 11 22:09:09 CDT 2006


On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 22:26, James Fogg wrote:
> OK -
> No, that's not possible.
> 
> And it really isn't. Not even a little bit. Trust me.

But, it *would* be possible if serial ports could be made to be "smart"
.  But that would put the price of serial chips on the motherboard up
from 3 cents to about 25 cents, and thus, not worth it.

-- 
Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick at zill.net



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