Mike Leone on 8 Dec 2010 12:39:24 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] External drive casing for EIDE HD


On 12/8/2010 3:06 PM, Randall A Sindlinger wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:53:22PM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
>> On 12/8/2010 10:52 AM, Randall A Sindlinger wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 10:42:25AM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
>>>> Yeah, new machines don't really come with EIDE anymore. Nor PS/2 ports,
>>>> mostly. Some still have serial ports ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not to endorse Dell, but just about every Dell desktop I've still seen has
>>> a socket on the motherboard for PS/2 and serial. 
>>
>> The Precision M6500 I'm writing this on does not have a PS/2 or serial
>> port. Not on the laptop, and not on the docking station.
> 
> Laptop - now iz that one of 'em new-fangled things I see people using on the
> airoplane?  Naw, I 'uz talkin' 'bout _desktops_ - 'em things datchu put
> on yer desk an' never move!

Heh. Ok, well, my GF's Dell Studio XPS 8000 from last year has no PS/2
ports, either, that I can remember ...
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