On 06-Oct-2001 Tony Duell wrote:
An explanation for those who didn't get to see
this rant last time we
had it. The letter afer the 'D' is the shell size. 'B' is the size of
the common 25 pin connector, 'E' is the size of the common 9 pin
connector. Therefore the PC/AT serial ports are DE9 connectors.
hehehe. I knew DB9 is "wrong". However, no one I interact with beyond
this list would know what a DE9 is... so I guess I haven't tried to
remember the proper term.
-Philip