[conspire] (forw) Need to Install Ubuntu Linux

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 01:01:58 +0000 (UTC)
> Rick Moen said that to get a serial port I should look for an "old"
> computer.

Seriously?
1) New motherboards with a COM1 pin header are still common.
2) PCIe serial cards are easy to get.
3) USB to DB9 adapters are everywhere.
Regardless, I would expect a current Ubuntu to completely choke on
dial-up…