Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:30730 comp.periphs:1865 comp.misc:6429 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu!pritch From: pritch@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Norm Pritchett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs,comp.misc Subject: Re: RS-232 protocol primer (long) Message-ID: <53211@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 28 Jun 89 13:37:49 GMT References: <1538@mtunb.ATT.COM> <592@megatek.UUCP> <1954@ssc.UUCP> <32@holston.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Norm Pritchett Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 17 In article <32@holston.UUCP> barton@holston.UUCP (barton) writes: >Get this: I ordered an Epson LQ-1050 printer, which according to >the doc's comes with a "standard" RS-232C serial interface, only >to find out that the so called "standard" interface is actually >a 6 pin DIN connector! I wonder which standard they are refering >to? Why, RS-232-C of course! Which, incidentally, doesn't require a particular connector type (that's not until RS-232-D). The claim isn't that the connector is a standard one but that the signals in the connector are (they gotcha!). -=- Norm Pritchett, The Ohio State University College of Engineering Network Internet: pritchett@eng.ohio-state.edu BITNET: TS1703 at OHSTVMA UUCP: pritch@sydney.columbus.oh.us CCNET: ENG::PRITCHETT (6172::PRITCHETT)