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Topic: Serial Interface

Related:
  Serial    Interface  
  Serial Number    User Interface  
  Interface Design    Serial Port  
  Graphical User Interface    Serial  
  Serial Killer    Serial Cable  
  Serial Communications    MIDI interface  

 
 
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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite website(s):Slashdot
Most admires:Steve Jobs
Favorite possession(s):Windows computer,  Linux box,  Apple Computer
Currently has on their coffee table:Mac Today
Dream job(s):Bus Driver
Favorite board game(s):Chess
Favorite book(s):"Beginning Visual Basic 6" by Peter Wright
"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Interest(s):Computers
Likes to wear:Digital watch
Favorite computer game(s):Hacking
Listens to:AC/DC
Favorite online activity(s):Finding ringtones for their phone,  Chatting on ICQ
Membership(s):Free Software Foundation
Favorite quote(s):"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." - Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982)
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
 
 
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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

A new tutorial covering TCP/IP access to serial data acquisition interfaces is now posted in the Programming section.
Additionally, they have serial-data interfaces that can respond to commands and provide data in digital formats.
Simple interfaces to facilities such as serial communications, multitasking, DDE, common controls, DLLs and filing are provided.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Standard user interfaces such as Ethernet and Frame Relay, voice/fax, serial synchronous and asynchronous connections are available and ready for applications based on these standards providing a unified network infrastructure.
The ADR interfaces ( RS232 ) allow data acquisition and control using ASCII commands sent and recieved via a serial port.
Serial interfaces expand the potential of storage architectures beyond devices to a broad range of networked system configurations.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Other basic interfaces are a floppy controller, two serial ports, a parallel port, and ports for a keyboard and PS/2 (MousePort) mouse.
Today, proprietary interfaces for a printer are generally converted to serial or Centronics parallel so a hardware manufacturer does not need to offer a proprietary printer.
Available with Serial ATA and Parallel ATA interfaces, the standard on board cache will be 8MB, and the Plus model will be available in just a 160GB for the time being.
 
 
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