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
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