Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry From: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New Serial Port Board (Less Expensive) Message-ID: <515@madnix.UUCP> Date: 26 Feb 89 19:09:20 GMT References: <503@madnix.UUCP> Reply-To: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Organization: ASDG Incorporated Lines: 18 In article bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) writes: >perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes: >> including rear connector mounting) comes out with 2 DB-9 ``AT'' compatible >> ports which include: >This sounds all very nice, but... why are you using connectors that >are incompatible with what the amiga's serial port uses? I'm tired of >making strange adaptor cables! By using DB-9's, for once you'll be able to purchase inexpensive cables since the IBM world uses that configuration. The difficulty in using DB-25's on the Amiga rear panel is that only one DB-25 can fit on the rear panel in any one slot. -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ARPA: madnix!perry@cs.wisc.edu {uunet|ncoast}!marque! UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 (what was that about ``giggling teenagers''?)