[GreenKeys] USB to RS-232

[Steve Garrison]

Wow, thanks Dave!  Who said old farts can't learn new tricks?

I was never aware of the A, B, C, D, & E lettering scheme to designate the size of the shell.  I am guilty of belonging to the camp followers that just changed the number pins on the DB-25 to DB-9.

I patiently await my 50 lashes with what I hope is a very wet noodle. :-)

Thanks again Dave.  It is great to belong to such a group that allows me to learn new things even at my age.

Steve G./N4TTY
a.k.a. Codecage

P.S. How many need an education on what that a.k.a. represents?  Those that know don't give it away yet!

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 8:11 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 7 Jun 2017, Ralph Irish wrote:
>> 
>> It is a 30" cable with a USB connector on one end and a DB9F on the 
>> other.
> 
> Not having a go at you or anything, but am I the only one annoyed by 9-pin 
> connectors being called a DB-9?  It's actually a DE-9; a DB-9 would be a 
> 25-pin shell containing 9 pins (not very practical).
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature has some nice piccies.
> 
> 9: DE-9
> 15: DA-15
> 25: DB-25
> 37: DC-37
> 50: DD-50
> 
> Oh, and a DB-13W3 was a video connector used by Sun etc; it has 10 pins 
> and 3 video ones.
> 
> -- 
> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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