Might you be talking about an A/B switch? It is a simple "box of wires" with a toggle switch. I have 2 old computers connected to one monitor that way, all connections are serial. Goggle shows several suppliers.
--- On Wed, 12/31/08, Dennis Jenkins <dennis.jenkins@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dennis Jenkins <dennis.jenkins@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAD] serial port hub
To: Computer_Help_and_Discussion@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 4:44 PM
There used to be stuff like that. I'd be surprised if they all vanished.
Dennis Jenkins
Howie wrote:
> I want to connect two serial port cables to a hub and be able to switch between them going to my puter.
> Does anone know where to get such a beast?
> A web search reveaaled nothing.
> All I got was a lot of serial hubs that use a usb connection.
> I don`t want that,it has to connect to the 9-pin serial port on my puter.
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