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 ML> What will the really large total number of customers who
 ML> use hardware serial ports for external technical control of
 ML> such things as water and oil well field controller
 ML> operations, and major telecommunications work?  I, for one
 ML> use four serial ports on PC's at one time under OS/2 for
 ML> telecommunications site control.  Direct control of
 ML> everything from modems for the site, direct hardware
 ML> interface for antenna and site controls for them in merged
 ML> logging programs, as well as complete control of HF digital
 ML> CW interfaces, logging, and antenna QSK full break-in
 ML> service for my KW ham radio site.

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 ML> But what is going to happen when we have no more actual
 ML> serial port comm operations?  From what I've been told, but
 ML> know little about, you can forget doing this with
 ML> conventional USB to serial port stuff.  And in about another
 ML> Thanks!

 I have thought much the same thing. We use serial ports to talk
 to industrial controls. Same potential problem So far my answer
 is, stockpile old computers. Best I can come up with.
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