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From: vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: RS-232 protocol primer (long)
Message-ID: <540@atlas.tegra.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 89 13:50:36 GMT
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In-reply-to: henry@utzoo.uucp's message of 1 Jul 89 23:06:27 GMT

In article <1989Jul1.230627.28355@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:

   In article <821@cf-cm.UUCP> sme@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Elliott) writes:
   >> ... the male connectors are much more
   >> durable (solid post, as opposed to the springy sleeve on the female end),
   >
   >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, just a good night's sleep. :-)  I was talking about the contacts

The gender way of describing these things is really confusing.  I
prefer the way that the connectors describe themselves: DB-25P or
DB-25S for Pins or Sockets.  That way you know what you have and don't
have to figure out if someone means the actual little pins are male or
the shell is....

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on
the roof and gets stuck." -- button
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