14 Apr
2001
14 Apr
'01
4:05 p.m.
Fred Cisin <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote:
> > BTW, there IS a documented fatality from the frustrations of serial
> > interfacing.
"Lanny Cox" <chronic(a)nf.sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> I hope you're joking, but if not, how did this occur? Electrocution? High
> blood pressure due to frustration?
On 14 Apr 2001, Frank McConnell wrote:
I'm envisioning the frustrated party applying the
frustrating device
as a blunt instrument upon its designer, but somehow I expect the
truth is not so satisfying.
About 20 years ago, a guy took his computer and new serial printer to
a computer shop to have them "interfaced". After way too long with no
success, he got so frustrated that he shot and killed the owner of the
shop.
I read about it in probably Infoworld at the time. When Joe Campbell was
writing "The RS232 Solution" or "C Programmers guide to Serial
Communication" (I forget which), I mentioned it to him and he tracked it
down and put it into the book as a sidebar. I don't have either book
handy today, but if somebody needs the reference tracked down, there is a
full reference to the news story in one of those two books.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com