| David Collins via plug on 19 Jun 2020 18:49:05 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Micro PC-Mini |
A coworker of mine has an earlier model of this and loves it. A lot of field technicians for industrial and similar types types of systems, as well as some network engineers, still require laptops with serial ports. There is a lot equipment used in embedded systems and network devices that needs a serial connection for programming or troubleshooting. Yes, you can use a USB adapter (and that's my preferred solution to the problem) but I frequently run into people that want a built-in serial port in case they forget the USB adapter or it doesn't work. I suspect that one of the markets they had in mind for the GPD handheld was field techs. There's also this, if it would ever go into production: https://pocket.popcorncomputer.com/ ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, June 19, 2020 7:54 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 07:20:53PM -0400, jeff via plug wrote: > > > Chech this out: laptop; roughly 3 cigarette packs. Or a ridiculously thick > > cell phone. > > https://www.amazon.com/Industry-Portable-Computer-Notebook-Graphics/dp/B07QYZHM8F/ref=sr_1_7 > > It's the little things. > > Well, isn't that just adorable? I do have a few questions though: > > - A serial port? In 2020? > - Is Lntel an actual manufacture of GPUs? At first I thought it was > just a typo but it actually does Lntel instead of Intel all through > the description. > > It certainly does have a lot of ports. I'm a bit disappointed they > didn't manage to squeeze in a PCMCIA slot. > > Walt > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug