2 Jun
2007
2 Jun
'07
5:16 p.m.
> Radio shack used to sell a small tester with 25
pin male and female
> connectors on each end, had something like 7 bicolor LEDs on it.
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Dave McGuire wrote:
They still sell 'em...I saw one on the pegboard
last week. That
is one of the most-used pieces of test equipment around here, even
though it barely qualifies as "test equipment". Anybody who doesn't
have one either 1) never works with async serial, or 2) needs one. ;)
Last time that I got one from RS, I opened it before using it, and was
amazed to find soldering significantly worse than MY soldering.
Once resoldered, it worked OK