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From: pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: RS-232 protocol primer (long)
Message-ID: <471@antares.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 89 02:03:19 GMT
References: <1538@mtunb.ATT.COM> <592@megatek.UUCP> <1989Jun26.155855.1680@utzoo.uucp> <821@cf-cm.UUCP>
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In article <821@cf-cm.UUCP> sme@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Elliott) writes:
|In article <1989Jun26.155855.1680@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
|| ...  The way these
|| particular connectors are built, the male connectors are much more
|| durable (solid post, as opposed to the springy sleeve on the female end),
|| so they ought to be used in the position where the connector is harder
|| to replace.
|
|Now I am confused.  I always thought that the male connector was the one
|with the pins, rather than the sockets.  It's been a long day, and I may be
|reading Henry's article incorrectly, but he seems to be saying that the solid
|block with the sockets in it is male, and that the flimsy shell with the pins
|in it is female.  Do I need a basic biology lesson?

 No, you're right. Henry is wrong. Amazing, isn't it?

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