I got to leave RS-232 behind a couple years ago when I no longer needed to maintain my own rack switches. My condolences.
17 points
It might be old and slow, but I love RS-232. It works on every platform, you can write a client or server in just about any programming language in a handful of lines (and understand what they all do). I’ve literally made working RS-232 connections with paperclips and scotch tape. After the corpo wars when we’re all computing on salvaged tech you’ll come to appreciate it.
6 points
