rich...@karlquist.com said: > I have an HP laptop with docking station and the docking station provides > serial and parallel ports. The question is: are these "real" ports (just > like built ins) or do they behave as USB dongle versions? One could easily > imagine that the docking station did nothing more sophisticated that > emulating a USB dongle, but then again, it does access the docking connector > so there is some hope it connects directly to the bus.
I'll bet they are real. You could look in the BIOS and/or count pins on the docking connector. I have a Dell laptop with a similar setup. Linux thinks they are real. The serial port is real enough to get good PPS results. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
