[Soekris] 2 [serial port/LCD] questions about the net4501

[Henry Spencer]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> The bottom line is that things that wish to self-power from the
> serial line presume that they'll be lucky and have the higher
> voltages that desktop or server ports often have...

Small correction:  *some* things that try to power from the serial line
do that.  There are serial-powered gadgets which will work with even a
worst-case RS232 line.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry at spsystems.net