In article <dro715$7e4$1@reader2.panix.com>,
Stan Brown <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
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>In <04NDf.3340$494.2607@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>
>tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott) writes:
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>>Stan Brown <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
>>> I've got a stack of old desktop PC's running data collection apps in a
>>> location we are going to rework. I thought I'd neaten up things by
>>> replacing these with a nice rack and some 1U servers.
>>>
>>> Problem is, looking at the Sun site, it does not appear that they offer a
>>> fairly low end 1U unit with an RS-232 port. I need that for these data
>>> collection machines.
>>>
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
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>>Were you after Sparc or 'x86 machines? If you want Sparc then the v100 or
>>v120 are pretty cheap, and have serial ports. The serial ports use an
>>RJ-45 connector, but come with an adaptor to the DB-9 or DB-25 connectors
>>normally used for RS-232. This way you can run the serial cables using
>>your existing twisted pair network.
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>I'd prefer X86 for this application, as the PC's are runing FreeBS, and I
>think I will be better off on X86 with this OS. It's more mainstream for
>them, although I do think there is a port to SPARC.
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>I suppose I _could_ port the app to Solaris if it's a big win to do that.
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>--
>"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
>neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin

You could use a usb to serial converter. Solaris 10 has the usbser_edge driver
and I believe Solaris Express has even more

-Raf