The humble standalone serial terminal might be long gone from the collective computing experience, but in the ghostly form of a software virtual terminal and a serial converter it remains the most ...

You may recognize the RS-232 serial port on your TV, but do you know all that it can do? It's probably more than you realized ...

Typewriters are something which was once ubiquitous, yet which abruptly faded away and are now a rare sight. There was a period of a few years in which electric typewriters and computers existed ...

I have several network switches that need to be managed over a serial connection. Rather than buying a serial to USB cable and bringing my laptop over everytime, I was thinking I could just keep a ...

Do you have a linux server without a keyboard or monitor? Need to administer the server on-site but don't want to lug over a monitor and keyboard (or kvm)? Then setup the server to output the console ...

You may have noticed your TV has a port marked RS-232 on the back that doesn't look like any other connector you have. Here's what it's for.

Managing large numbers of Linux and UNIX systems takes a lot of organization, automation and careful use of technology. A significant chunk of one's time as a system administrator is spent building ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

From the earliest days of digital computers, researchers often interacted with these novel electronic beasts through blinking lights, paper tape readouts, or teletypes, which were mechanical ...

That mysterious port on your TV labeled "Service Only" isn't there by accident. What it actually does, and whether you can ...