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From: andree@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: DB-25 Gender - (nf)
Message-ID: <3587@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 00:08:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  9 00:08:12 1983
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uokvax!andree    Oct 30 13:32:00 1983

You are correct: CD isn't a handshake line. I spent a rather long afternoon
trying to figure out why my printer wasn't handshaking correctly. It wasn't
until I tried the last resort (reading the manual) that I found out that
they were using CD as a handshake, and ignoring the standard about what
should/shouldn't be used for handshaking.

My point was that getting manufacturers to agree on a gender for the plug
is NOT sufficient to make things work. You have to get them to agree on
what the standard actually says...

	<mike