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From: johne@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: RS-232 for voice
Message-ID: <1430004@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Aug 89 15:58:37 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>I dream for the day that RS-232 and V.35 connectors are banned and th
>designers of them flogged and hung.
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RS-232 was not designed,it congealed. The orginal designers used it as
a means connect a single Teletype to a single modem. They were not asked
to design a generic comm link between any two random and undefined pieces
of computer gear and they didn't. It was the industry that tried to 
stretch RS-232 to each new generation of equipment because nobody was
willing to scrap it and do it right. The electronics industry deserves
RS-232.

Don't complain about how lousy your screwdriver is if you are trying to
use it as a hammer.



John Eaton
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