Re: serial port connector


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Re: serial port connector



On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Dave Wollenberg wrote:


> > Aren't there two kinds of serial ports? One is 25-pin and another is
> > 9-pin. Someone confirm this please.
> Yeah, 25 pin are usually for pcs, and 9 pin are those round ones you see
> on macs.


Sorry, try again.  DB-XX is usually what you find on PC's and that can have 25
or 9 pins (usually modems and mice, repectively).  On the mac, there is a DIN
port, that has 9 pins I guess.


Tony Lieuallen = zarniwoop@juno.com = marvin@mars.superlink.net


"If cars had experienced the same technological progress that computers
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gallon, have 40,000 horsepower, cost under $500, and blow up at least once
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