[Elecraft] Re: What's wrong with Serial

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 20, 2006, at 1:03 AM, wayne burdick wrote:

> Correct. Then the principle designer, N6KR, wrote:
>
>     We didn't have room for two connectors.

Surely two Mini-DIN 6s or 8s would have fit. Of course, few people  
would have cables to fit a Mini-DIN 8 unless they had some unused Mac  
serial cables, or they might try to plug a mouse into a Mini-DIN 6....

Pre-fab cables work well with Mini-DINs. Trying to make cables for  
these connectors is a nightmare. Worse than the 8-pin mic connectors  
transceivers use these days....


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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