One thing that’s bugged me about my Mac is its lack of RS-232 serial ports. Well, it turns out that Keyspan makes USB Serial Adapters. A high speed DB-9 serial adapter is pretty reasonably priced at $45. The mini port replicator has a 2-port USB hub, serial, and parallel port adapter for $75.
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