On Feb 17, 2004, at 8:53 AM, Ted Gould wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 06:51, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>> Hey the last time I found myself in an analogous situation all I had
>> was my iBook. I realized that I had no place to plug in the rollover
>> cable. ;-)
>
> I guess you still would have to carry one, but the USB-to-serial 
> dongles
> work pretty well.  We've used them at work, and their cheaper than the
> 14 port serial boards (ofcourse, you'll need a $5 USB hub too ;))

I had no idea that there were such things! Thanks a bunch for the 
suggestion.