[geeks] Needed: PC com port adapter, motherboard -> backplate

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 @ 16:39 -0500, Bill Bradford said:

> On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > I need one of those doohickeys that connects a motherboard serial port
> > to the backplate of a PC, fits in an unused slot opening.
> > I've searched for a variety of strings, but keep coming up with
> > everything except what I need.
> > It's really simple: a 10 (I think) pin connector that plugs into the
> > motherboard, a ribbon cable from there to a PC backplate and a DB-9 or
> > DB-25 connector that faces outside.
> 
> Ebay.  Search "motherboard serial connector".
> 
> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=motherboard+serial+connector

Can't be, that's much too obvious... :)

I tried just about everything else.  That one didn't occur to me.

Thanks.


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