Pour one out for yet another device conquered. This one’s a desk phone for conferences and whatnot, a colour display, a numpad, and a bog standard handset with a speaker and mic. Naturally, also ...

it may well have come with an adapter for a 9-pin RS232 serial port. Those mice from a decade or more ago would have contained the software to recognise the interface into which they were plugged ...

a serial bus differs from a serial port. Both use serial transmission; however, the serial port connects the computer to one device, whereas a serial bus allows for the connection of multiple devices.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the last time homophobia allowed a serial killer to roam the streets ... So, where is Stephen Port ...

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 Also known as an RS-232 port, serial ports provide very slow speeds and have been superseded by USB on desktop computers.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 ...