[ltp] Serial port for a T40

[Dax Kelson]

On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 21:33, Joan Roig Amorós wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> does anybody have any experience connecting a GPS unit to a T40 running linux? 
> of course my T40 has no serial port, so... what is the best/cheapest way to 
> add a serial port that will work also with linux? serial to USB? PCMCIA to 
> serial (I see that cards  are ~$25 in ebay)? or should I wait for Xmas and 
> buy myself a dock?
> 
> thank you,
> 
> joan

There are BlueTooth GPS units and my T42p has built-in BlueTooth that
works great with Linux.

You *might* be able to add an internal IBM BlueTooth to your T40.

There exist many BlueTooth USB adapters. 

Just another solution...

Dax