28 Jun
2023
28 Jun
'23
1:29 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 6:13 AM Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
With many boxes of used cables, often there will be
cables that are DB-25,
but with 16 pins missing in the 25 pin connector, often leaving pins 1-8
and 20, and gaps where other pins could have been.. I call THAT a DB-9
The DE9 serial port includes RingIndicator (pin 22 on the DB25 one)
but not protective ground (pin 1 of the DB25). I've found a number of
cables that therefore wire 10 pins -- 1-8,20,22. You can call that a
DB10 if you like (I don't)
-tony