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

[Henry Spencer]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >...There are serial-powered gadgets which will work with even a
> >worst-case RS232 line.
> 
> And there are RS232 lines which do not provide enough power for even
> these very smart devices...

Another small correction :-):  there are lines which *claim* to be RS232
which don't provide enough power for the carefully-designed gadgets.
RS232 does specify minimum values of voltage and current available.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry at spsystems.net