RS-232 Obsolescence (was PDT-11/150 down)

-----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of cctech-request at classiccmp.org Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:08 PM To: cctech at classiccmp.org Subject: cctech Digest, Vol 38, Issue 24 Send cctech mailing list submissions to cctech at classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctech-request at classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctech-owner at classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctech digest..." Today's Topics: 1. German collection (was Software Archaeology) (Al Kossow) 2. Re: PDT-11/150 down (Dave McGuire) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:53:05 -0700 From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> Subject: German collection (was Software Archaeology) To: "classiccmp at classiccmp.org" <classiccmp at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <C15A4A71.85F0%aek at bitsavers.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Re: "I guess this all means that RS232C has fallen into the category of "obsolescent technology"." Some brand new JVC DLP 1080P TV sets have a control interface (this is only present in some of the newest, highest end models) that allows the TV to be controlled by {presumably} a media center PC. It's RS-232. These TV sets were only introduced this spring. Why it's not USB is beyond me, but it's not.