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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There was a point where I really wanted a decent laptop with one to run STAR C3. Never bought the laptop nor the kit but never knew if I'll need it again. I don't own a Benz anymore but it could literally change on a whim because I do still love them lol

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You can get USB to RS232 cables for very little, so any laptop should work.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

People have reported those not working very well with STAR / DAS I believe. You can usually buy the kit with a laptop included, I just figured I'd wanna try if it runs on something made less than 23 years ago.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And how cool would you look carrying your laptop like an attache case, with dongles and wires hanging off it? No thank you. If I need to interface with cold war era serial hardware, this is the way I'm going to do it.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You do realise there is equipment being manufactured today that uses RS232?

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We have brand new machines that use RS232 and RS485. We just did some configurating on one of them last week.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. Coincidentally, part of that job involved a fire panel.

It falls under the KISS principal - and if it ain't broke, why fix it?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, definitely. There's a lot of products in the fire industry that haven't fundamentally changed since the 80s or 90s, maybe a few tweaks.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes. Cold war era tech being manufactured today. You do realize there are plows being manufactured today that are intended to be drawn by oxen?

It was a tongue in cheek comment and you've already displayed elsewhere in the thread how much you know about RS232 but you couldn't let it slide.