root@cit5.UUCP (09/01/87)
In article <8708251509.AA21532@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> you write: > >The RS-232C standard is undoubtedly the most corrupted and bastardized >standard in the world. In fact the only thing I have not seen changed >is the physical size of the connector, the pin spacing and pin 7 being >signal ground. > Ummmmm. I have "rs232" connections based on DB9's, DB15's, Audio DIN connectors, PC board edge connectors sticking out through the case, and 0.1" SIL connectors (plugged onto the backplane of Data General Eclipse's) Inherently, there were several different pin spacings, and ground has not always been on pin 7. (some of the connectors did not even have a pin 7!) RS232 is a MARVELLOUS "standard" !!!! Steve. :-) -- - - - - - Steve Balogh VK3YMY | steve@cit5.cit.oz Chisholm Institute of Technology | steve%cit5.cit.oz@seismo.css.gov PO Box 197, Caulfield East | munnari!cit5.cit.oz!steve@seismo.arpa Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 3145 | {hplabs,mcvax,seismo,ukc}!munnari\ +61 3 573 2266 (Ans Machine) | !cit5.cit.oz!steve