17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
11:32 a.m.
I had written....
>RS232 as far as a general purpose consumer
interface is dead.
To which antonio replied...
Interestingly when I needed to configure a *10Gbps*
interface today on
An HP 3500yl-48G switch, I needed to connect via RS232 (and VT100
Uh... I DID say
general purpose CONSUMER grade. An HP 3500yl switch isn't
what I'd call consumer grade.
My RS232 breakout boxes are still a way from being
retired.
Oh, mine either. One of my specialties was RS232 in my "previous"
career. I
still have my breakout boxes, bert testers, serial protocol analyzers, etc.
They won't be going anywhere soon. But what I was saying is that from the
mom & pop at home buying a home computer or a home wireless router... rs232
IS dead.
Jay