Re: serial port connector


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Re: serial port connector



Actually, 16 of the 25 are not connected... at all... (on serial)
At 09:46 10/19/96 -0700, Greg Hill wrote:
>Vote for Dole wrote:
>>
>> Aren't there two kinds of serial ports? One is 25-pin and another is
>> 9-pin. Someone confirm this please.
>
>You're right. But the confusion comes in with printer ports.. they're 25
>pin also, however, the pins don't do the same thing! The 25 pin serial
>interface just has extra status lines that aren't really needed..
>
>Greg Hill
>ghill@lab.tech.bhs.davis.k12.ut.us
>
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