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 10:21:05 GMT Lines: 23 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 XZzzVFhUDSFdiDyH1qpWcgE/fAgaA23qCQD6Al17yje8yvzVF7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4uBaRqp7bBUIr1x7y1pTbUzAswY= User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2606 On Fri, 02 May 2014 10:39:43 +0100, Tim Watts wrote: > On 02/05/14 08:56, Bob Eager wrote: > >> And the fact that DB9 isn't correct...it's DE9! (DE is the shell size, >> so you have DE9 and DE15) >> >> > Interesting Bob, never knew that! Where did the name DB-9 come from as > it's quite common? DB25 was more common and people just assumed that the smaller one would be DB9, I think. This explains it quite well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org