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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Re: Cheap 1200 bps modems
Message-ID: <3273@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 17:56:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 21 17:56:44 1983
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My recollection is that the original Bell standards said that the
modem is supposed to be female, and the thing that connects to it
is supposed to *SUPPLY THE CABLE*, which obviously has to have a
male end to fit the female modem.  In other words, technically your
terminal is supposed to come with a cable that plugs into the terminal
(somehow) and presents a male RS232 end to the outside world.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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