Do I have to go through this _every_ time... No matter what certain
PC-goons think, the letter after the D indicates the shell size, and is
not always B. The standard-density connectors and _some_ of their uses
are :
DE9 (Used for PC/AT serial ports, CGA video)
DA15 (PC joystick, AUI ethernet, BBC micro analogue port)
DB25 (PC parallel port, RS232, ACW user port, ACW keyboard, RML380Z user port)
DC37 (PC external floppies, ACW 1MHz bus)
DD50 (Sun SCSI, PERQ 3a SCSI)
There are also high-density versions, DE15, DA26, DB44 and DC62. And I've
seen others.
although the DB44 does) conenctor for all sorts
of
things, not related to RS449
http://www.mycableshop.com/sku/CAB-SS-449MT.htm
I dod not dispute that the DC37 connector is used for RS449. I do dispute
that it's the only use, or even the most common use (AFAIK I have no
RS449 stuff. I do have quite a few DC37 connectors in use).
AFter all, not all DB25s are RS232 ports :-)
However, more DB25s were RS232 ports before IBM used a DB25 for a parallel
port and before they later changed serial ports to a DB9 connector.
You mean a DE9 :-). Anyway, I wasn't thinking of the PC parallel port.
I've got partially _valved_ equipment here that contains D connectors.
And said equipment most certainly doesn;t have RS232 ports.
Moreover, the DB25 connector is technically not a part of the RS-232 spec.
Actually, I thought it was. Or maybe that's the V24 standard.
It is an de facto "standard."
Agreed
-tony