Cycle Computer Corporation Sun clone board...

Bjørn Vermo bv at norbionics.com
Fri May 27 02:11:22 CDT 2005


On 27 May, 2005, at 02:52, Tony Duell wrote:

>
> The _correct_ standard is to use a male DB25 for a DTE (terminal) and a
> female one for a DCE (modem). The old way to rememebr that (and I am
> showing my age now) is that Ma Bell is female, and that's where you
> rented the modem from.

My mnemonic was that pins always point towards the network.
Wonder if I still have an old CCITT Yellow Book stashed away 
somewhere...

-- 
-bv



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