Quick tip: Verify if RS232 (aka serial) cable works

Author: Rp
Date: November 21, 2013
Tags: how-to, rs 232, serial
Categories: Hack, Quick tips

I have been playing around with serial cables the last couple of days. One of my major task I was into is to connect a embedded box with my laptop. First trouble was my laptop does not have a serial port to accept connection. But the bigger trouble was whether the cable provided by the […]

VMWare: Serial port communication between 2 guests

Author: Rp
Date: November 20, 2013
Tags: guest os, how-to, named pipe, serial, vmware, vmware workstation
Categories: Howto, vmware

Now now.. one of the best things that has happened to kernel programmers (like me on Linux) is the stability of the desktop virtualization. I am mean with super awesome stability and features of virtualization softwares like VMWare & VirtualBox the otherwise scary kernel debugging has taken a new sweet turn. I still remember how […]