Re: Demise of the COM port?

From: Goran Larsson (hoh_at_invalid.invalid)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:13:38 GMT

In article <405b709b$0$177$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:

> I've never seen a PC with anything except DB-9 or DB-25
> connectors for RS-232 serial ports.

I have never seen a PC using a DB-9 connector for RS-232 serial ports.
The ones I have seen use either a DE-9 connector or a DB-25 connector. 

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Göran Larsson     http://www.mitt-eget.com/

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