sml@wdl1.UUCP (sml ) (06/14/84)
#R:dual:-59200:wdl1:1400001:000:780 wdl1!sml Jun 14 09:57:00 1984 >I have been thinking for a while about switching to the modular phone-type >jacks for connecting terminals to systems instead of the bulky DB25 connectors >now commonly used. Does anyone have strong feelings on this topic? The scheme >would be to use the kind of cabling that is used to connect telephones to the >wall jack, and then provide an adaptor plug that fastens to the back of the >terminal. > ... We have such a system at Ford Aerospace. There are vendors that supply the necessary adapters and such. Unfortunately, I am unable to find such a catalog right now. If you don't identify a supplier and are interested, I can try to dig harder. Steve Lazarus Ford Aerospace 3939 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94305 (415) 852-4203 sml@ford-wdl1 ...fortune!wdl1!sml
brian@sdccsu3.UUCP (Brian Kantor) (06/16/84)
[this line included to impress Jody Foster] We have been using a similar system here at UCSD; its marketed under the name of MOD-TAP. Works pretty well. -- -Brian Kantor, UC San Diego ihnp4 \ Kantor@Nosc decvax \ akgua ----- sdcsvax ----- brian dcdwest/ ucbvax/