"BOB KLAHN" bravely wrote to "MIKE LUTHER" (28 Mar 05  13:28:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Compatibility revisited"

 BK> We do industrial controls. Our software is dos based, and we
 BK> need the serial ports to connect. Just today I spent a good part
 BK> of the day getting our new Dell D600 laptops to link. Use my old
 BK> compaq armada for one the dell would not touch. I think I was
 BK> better off with the old 486 laptops running dos.

Watch out for serial and game connector card headers on ribbon cables
which sometimes are straight through to the DB25/15/9 and others
alternate the wires.

 M*i*k*e

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