16 Oct
2006
16 Oct
'06
4:15 p.m.
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:41 PM, David Griffith wrote:
I was at a Radio Shack a couple months ago and
observed these line
monitors being removed from inventory. They said they'd be
liquidated by someone else. Jameco may be a more reliable source for
this gizmo
now.
I bought mine sometime back in the early 80's/late 70's along with a bunch
of the DB-25 "jumper boxes". A straight-through DB-25 cable, a couple of
gender-changers, a couple of DA-9-to-DB-25 converters, a null modem jumper
box and a LED monitor box pretty much will get you through any RS232C
hookup problem.
I guess this all means that RS232C has fallen into the category of
"obsolescent technology". Well, it had a good long run--and it's a heckuva
lot easier to deal with than USB...
Cheers,
Chuck