In article <6lgdnsbypsl1fx3unz2dnuvz_uqdn...@pdx.net>, Scott David Daniels <scott.dani...@acm.org> wrote: > This part I actually understand. The OP has a program named > "RouteBuddy" that talks to a device over a serial port, and he > want to repalce the data stream coming from that device. My > question is, "where does the device that he wants to replace > plug in?" I don't see anywhere on my laptop I could plug in > anything but a USB connector, an ethernet connector, a firewire > connector, headphones, speakers, a display connector, or a > power cord.
A number of vendors (Keyspan, Belkin) make USB serial ports. FWIW, I use one here on this iMac and OS X with screen(1) and a null modem cable to act as a serial console for a headless Linux box. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
