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From: sme@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: RS-232 protocol primer (long)
Summary: now I'M confused!
Message-ID: <821@cf-cm.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 18:10:08 GMT
References: <1538@mtunb.ATT.COM> <592@megatek.UUCP> <1989Jun26.155855.1680@utzoo.uucp>
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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?
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