gEDA-user: rs232 ferrite size?

[Peter Clifton]

On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 09:30 -0800, Ostheller, Joel A. wrote:
> I can't imagine why you would want one on either TX or RX... I have
> never had any issues with RS232 on any board I have designed. My biggest
> RS232 issue is usually finding a computer that has a serial port
> <grumble> stupid laptops and their serial port exclusion </grumble> 

My HP Compaq nc6320 has a serial port - and parallel port!

I think it is because its from their "business" range, rather than the
shiny multimedia types you normally find in shops.

It also has odd bios / acpi issues with linux - but we can't have
everything, right?

Peter C.