Before USB ports became standard on PCs, several devices connected through a serial port. They're obsolete in many ways, but ...

Old Macs used the serial port for printers. Also known as an RS-232 port, serial ports provide very slow speeds and have been superseded by USB on desktop computers. USB-to-serial adapters are ...

Many of us use a serial port on our laptops or other mobile devices, but [Neil Crawforth] has gone one better than that with the VT2040. It’s an old-style serial terminal in a super-handy ...

Recently, I needed to do a little debugging on a USB serial port and, of course, there isn’t really anywhere to easily tie in a monitor or a logic analyzer. So I started looking for an alternate ...

Unfortunately, that wasn't the last time homophobia allowed a serial killer to roam the streets ... So, where is Stephen Port now? Here's what we know. Where is Stephen Port now?

The simulation of a serial port in software in order to allow USB, Ethernet or some other input/output port to take its place. Virtual serial ports are necessary to enable an application that was ...