Pretty sure I was using those around 1990 at HP, so 25 years. We had DB-25 
shells with a jack in the back.

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On May 14, 2015, at 9:50 PM, David Christ <[email protected]> wrote:

> The of an RJ-45 jack for a serial port is hardly innovative nor new.  
> Lantronix has been using them for well over 15 years.  I will be interested 
> to see if Elecraft uses the same pin assignments.
> 
> Remember, RS-232 is not a physical connector specification.  It defines the 
> signals.
> 
> David K0LUM
> 
> 
> On May 14, 2015, at 11:10 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> That is an RJ-45 jack.  Even though the RJ-45 jack is also used for 
>> Ethernet, the fact that an RJ-45 jack is present does not state (or even 
>> imply) that it is an Ethernet connection - it is simply a compact 8 pin jack.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
> 
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