Serial Port voltage drops with Linux

[Alistair Riddell]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Hmmm. If his hardware is trying to get power from the modem control
> lines the hardware is broken by design and should be fixed. There
> is no RS-232C specification for this mode of operation. 

And serial mice draw their power from where? ;-)

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