Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: USB interface Date: 2 May 2014 07:56:03 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <20140318085950.481eda0a.rsw@therandymon.com> <4irlva-gjf1.ln1@news.chingola.ch> <406203141416863065.964746bob_davis_retired-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <5362ba4b$0$44781$862e30e2@ngroups.net> <7avb3b-via.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LZvqQH3JgEDL/2fF22k/iQmkv5mmsJyPhYPc3I71YZKiT/tqHQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:2JpoNUvgw+RoL8aLSqf1Hm4ozmw= User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2592 On Fri, 02 May 2014 08:49:58 +0100, Tim Watts wrote: > On 01/05/14 22:19, RS Wood wrote: > >> Resurrecting this old thread because there's been an interesting post >> at Hacker News and the comments in that thread are pretty interesting. >> The article is interesting, too. Never thought I'd hear such a >> vigorous defense for RS -232! >> >> USB Sucks (2005): >> http://www.technozeal.com/topic2.html >> >> Thread on Hacker News: >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7649063 >> >> > Meanwhile, whilst potentially simple to make electronics for, RS232 was > in practise the biggest dogs breakfast of all time. > > Many many speeds (fair enough), > > different parity, random combinations of handshaking signals, stop bits, > > and worst of all - probably the most use and abuse of connectors known > to man. I have personally seen: > > DB9, DB25 (good), RJ45 (well, handy for patching, but, ewww), > PS2/mini-din (whyFFS), 3.5mm(1/8") stereo jack (yuk yuk yuk)... > > Sure there were more, but WTF... And the fact that DB9 isn't correct...it's DE9! (DE is the shell size, so you have DE9 and DE15) -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org