Subject: Re: Stealth Serial Port
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/27/2000 18:08:13
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> At 2:21 PM -0700 10/26/00, Cliff Neighbors wrote:
> >has anyone tried using "Stealth Serial Port" from geethree.com
> >as a serial console for macppc?
> >
> >the product is a small daughter card that replaces the built-in
> >modem (e.g. on a G4) and replaces the RJ-11 modem jack with...
> >an apple style 8 pin mini DIN (ugh).
>
> I know Bill Studenmund used something like that and had no problems
> at all. I gather from other posts that the serial port is on the
> motherboard already and you just need a card to run the wires that
> would go to the modem out to a connector instead.
Yep. I used a different product, which worked fine in my Blue G3.
> Makes you wonder how they can charge $50 for it.
Probably because not that many folks will buy it, and they need to cover
engineering costs. :-(
Take care,
Bill