[Elecraft] Re: What's wrong with Serial

[Alexandra Carter]

I have to side with Mario on this one - while I hate computers and  
love the idea of 'em getting fried, it can still be damned  
inconvenient. I know there's an RS-232 connection that uses a little  
connector that looks like the old one on the IBM PS/2 mouse, little  
round thing, could that be used? 73 de Alex NS6Y

On Jun 20, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Mario Lorenz wrote:

> Am 19. Jun 2006, um 22:03:11 schrieb wayne burdick:
>>
>> Correct. Then the principle designer, N6KR, wrote:
>>
>>     We didn't have room for two connectors.
>
> Wayne,
>
> Sorry to have to disagree. The issue is that you use what is
> a commonly used connector for a commonly used purpose (ie, a db9 for
> serial communications) in a way that is non-standard so badly that
> it might cause equipment damage when someone mistakenly assumes its
> standard.
>
> If space were the issue, you could have opted for even smaller  
> footprint
> connectors that are not _that_ widely used for serial communications
> like RJ45 (Cisco routers being a notable exception), or, probably even
> better - a VGA connector, which gives you lots more pins on the same
> footprint.
>
> Mario