While the average computer user likely hasn’t given much thought to the lowly serial port in decades, the same can’t be said for the hardware hacker. Cheap serial-to-USB adapters are ...

There was a time when if you bought a USB mouse, in the box was also an ... it may well have come with an adapter for a 9-pin RS232 serial port. Those mice from a decade or more ago would have ...

Also known as an RS-232 port, serial ports provide very slow speeds and have been superseded by USB on desktop computers. USB-to-serial adapters are available for old peripherals. DB (D-Sub ...