In article <bradnfg34jbran3unz2dnuvz_smdn...@posted.usinternet>, Grant Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: > On 2009-04-11, Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> wrote: > > In article <6lgdnsbypsl1fx3unz2dnuvz_uqdn...@pdx.net>, > > Scott David Daniels <scott.dani...@acm.org> wrote: > >> This part I actually understand. The OP has a program named > >> "RouteBuddy" that talks to a device over a serial port, and he > >> want to repalce the data stream coming from that device. My > >> question is, "where does the device that he wants to replace > >> plug in?" I don't see anywhere on my laptop I could plug in > >> anything but a USB connector, an ethernet connector, a firewire > >> connector, headphones, speakers, a display connector, or a > >> power cord. > > A number of vendors (Keyspan, Belkin) make USB serial ports. FWIW, I > > use one here on this iMac and OS X with screen(1) and a null modem cable > > to act as a serial console for a headless Linux box. > True, but that doesn't help the OP, where the data is coming > into the OS-X machine via a network connection.
Also true but I just wanted to use "headless" in a python post. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
