On 11/14/2011 05:07 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
C wrote:
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:32, C. van Nidek
wrote: As I am sorting out older hardware I stumbled on a cable with 25 pin male connector on one side with a 25 female and 9 female connector on the other side of the cable. I can not remember what the purpose was for this cable and do not know what to use it for. Could somebody come up with a use for it?
Just guessing... I would say it's an old serial cable. They were typically used for modems.. HP Plotters... some old printers. Probably not a lot of use now.
Yeah, those sound like DB-25 and DB-9 plugs -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature
the serial DB-25 plug is long retired, but the DB-9 is still frequently used though.
Thanks Per, Nice and clear description of the serial DB-25 and the DB-9 at the above Wiki site. Will retire the cable :( -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.1.0-8-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.3 (4.7.3) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org