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From: amadeus84@verizon.net (Amadeus W.M.)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:29:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: usb serial programming
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> Raspberry PI is not having a dedicated serial port but GPIO14 and
> GPIO15 are the Rx and Tx pins , so you can just connect a max3232 to
> have a serial port .

I believe that requires some capacitors and possibly some electronics, 
so I ordered one ready-made from China for $3 including shipping. 
It's on its way. Slowly.