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From: dave@astra.necisa.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: FOR WHAT ITS WORTH  BASTARDIZED PROTOCOLS
Message-ID: <243@astra.necisa.oz>
Date: Sun, 30-Aug-87 19:58:45 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 30 19:58:45 1987
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Reply-To: dave@astra.necisa.oz (Dave Horsfall)
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In article <8708251509.AA21532@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> jstarr@ANAD.ARPA (James Starr Network Control Branch  USAISC Anniston) writes:
>
>The RS-232C standard is undoubtedly the most corrupted and bastardized
>standard in the world. In fact the only thing I have not seen changed
>is the physical size of the connector, the pin spacing and pin 7 being
>signal ground.

Ahem.  I guess you're referring to the DB-25 connector here, not the
electrical standard.  The PC's and clones use DB-9 connectors, and the
Mac's use 5-pin DIN.  I think...  I've also seen DB-15's used too.

>Vendors who corrupt the RS-232C standard (or any other for that matter)
>should be sentenced to two years of making special cables to interface
>bastardized ports.

Isn't that "cruel and unusual punishment" ??
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