From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 72f6f3ef for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 965309BD04; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:12:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1B99BC44; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:12:12 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="SBQZXcXV"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 643859BC44; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:12:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from p3plsmtpa06-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa06-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.192.103]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E44EF9BC43 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:12:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.11.12]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id fDWjhpFYsDT77fDWkhzHsr; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:12:10 -0700 Received: from [199.89.231.101] (ender.kilonet.net [199.89.231.101]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id x5O1C9xk006516; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:12:09 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1561338729; bh=9DHDP2FQct3YGp5fQM8wbQs1gd65xGf2ZdUvnQlv7Nk=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=SBQZXcXV/qqp6JNH3qtjE+IgXGaUvmA/XVs0qgPntnHzjU3aoaw/2fdZTFi0khrsu UT7zh4busMmy9XnEWewp5edNwjiIMfnAo702b9lHUzH5nVunp9vg6DB7L6VnMT2Nsl uX33V0tnF5YUPIz0jcr8wVRhh8/X89jDe8MeUsJw= To: Larry McVoy References: <92db46d5-d821-a792-7753-dfc5f2898cbf@mhorton.net> <20190624005614.GF20473@mcvoy.com> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:12:08 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190624005614.GF20473@mcvoy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCEoSzQKMI97Kzz7PrNHiMAe/GiP/Cvi2IxoVL5ZOWsQlifA4rTVPGS+lbUyis+Z9ZuxG9IyJzA41wNZDjGoq8dIGEpsqwq1+JAl2NSY+MzeVVLD6hcp +v4/sNHfvEvqisTeaB7k929XRMg2yNczMLeTvDGG1UgGBeugsrEK6oNuw6th3bsXDi/p8SwGzGsVJg== Subject: Re: [TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 6/23/2019 8:56 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > Arthur's comments bring back some memories. I probably still have this, > a ribbon serial cable with male and female connectors on both ends and > a breadboard in the middle. I could hook anything to anything :) > > That said, I'm *ecstatic* that I no longer have to deal with serial ports. > I did a lot of work with RS232 in the 80's to the point where my friend said I had coined a new phrase - basically sounds like "Are-Ess-too-turdy-too" said really fast ;) (I'm from NY) From serial lines that were slow, going to parallel interfaces for printers, parallel SCSI, and a few other parallel interfaces, I thought were nice, now we've gone back to SATA, SAS and PCI-E lanes that are basically serial interfaces. I have an RS232 breakout box I use for situations like this. Still having to deal with DTE-DCE issues to this day with Cisco, Nortel/Avaya, and other network, telecom or even SAN equipment. A recent Dell Compellent SC7xxxx I installed came with a USB cable, but it's really a USB to RS232 interface built into the controllers. SMH. ak