At 5/6/2006 19:14, you wrote:
>This guy has it right !
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>John VE3AMZ
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>D-Subminiature Nomenclature
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>Having seen too many references to a "DB-9" connector, I have compiled the
>following information in the hope that it might make for more accurate
>discourse. For all the projects that call for a "DB-9", and distributors
>that offer to sell them, there is not one manufacturer that I have found
>who actually makes such an item.
Search Digikey for "DB9" & you'll get hundreds of matches. Try "DA9" or
"DE9" & you'll get nothing.
Right or wrong, the term "DB9" is widely & unambiguously used to describe
the 9 pin connector typically found, among other places, on the back of
computers as the serial port connector.
Bob NO6B
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