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 ...

本文章主要讲下蓝牙串口协议SPP（Serial Port Profile）连接/接受数据/发送数据/断开连接的流程介绍，可能之前的写的底层文章你 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

Modern USB devices are secretly still using this 40-year-old tech ...