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 ...

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 ...

Your TV's RS-232 port is a seriously useful automation tool - how to unlock its full potential ...

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 ...

Hot on the heels of the Apple IIe-into-a-Linux-terminal tutorial we posted the other day, here's another mix of retro and modern– Byte Cellar has hooked up an old Apple IIc (or //c if you spin that ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is a serial port? Serial ports are generally built into the motherboard. This is why the connectors behind the casing that are connected to the motherboard by a wire cable can be used to connect ...