How long until modern servers drop the serial connector?
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How long until modern servers drop the serial connector?
Never
My laptop still has one.
>>54588774
From what year ?
>>54588708
I'll be really upset when laptops and desktops really drop them for good.
Those USB FTDI cables/adapters shit the bed 100% of the time I'm doing something critical with them.
>>54588787
2009
>>54588792
Too be fair though if you're working with serial you're probably not fucking around with an old device in your garage probably working with those bullshit sfp+ switches that you can never find a spare sfp-ethernet module for.
>>54588708
Until IPMI becomes standard on everything.
>>54588834
I work with FPGAs, serial (RS232 and others) are still the standard for talking back and forth and running a terminal menu.
It's much easier to integrate into a dev board, or some spare pins, than USB or Ethernet.