23 Aug
2011
23 Aug
'11
4:02 p.m.
On 23/08/2011 20:05, Tony Duell wrote:
Some of those 'universal' switching adapters
(or patchboards) had the
problem that you couldn't strap 2 signals at ne end of the cable withoug
it goign to soemthign at the other end. In particlar doing things like
looping cak RTS to CTS and each end with no connection to the otehr end
was impossible
Some of Modular Technology's Interfakers were like that, but my matrix
board breakout box has three lines for each interface that could be tied
to any signal(s) without going anywhere. Most useful gadget I ever
bought, and still in use -- and not just at home for hobby use.. Photo
at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnt103/6074843016/in/photostream (and my
Interfaker is shown in the adjacent photo)
You can see it's currently plugged to link pins 6,8 and 20 on one side
without affecting anything else.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York