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 d0430e57 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 77BFB9BD15; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:51:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96A19BC44; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:51:33 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="EQHc+W6W"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9499D9BC44; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:51:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from p3plsmtpa09-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa09-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.231]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0207C9BC43 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:51:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.11.12]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id fE8ohwIvHiTeDfE8phkmBR; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:51:31 -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 x5O1pUh5024117 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:51:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1561341090; bh=35LByIYUSY1qssJRxbf5kOU4eyIZt+KxF7fDsZTMRGo=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=EQHc+W6W2FeocBFm4ANHxIOYF9KO7UeGLEa1XHuuqqJs4pDXj2oFTr1Gfw39ln03p F5oL3WzNBoryORJtwauuJ7sJJyZlfuSvoQBoIsNA9Ls3SVnhrTKNwJJ4EmmsDUzSZ/ riP3Ur13iQmALPyY5Hy/AN9rfnn2LetawedpQEEU= To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <92db46d5-d821-a792-7753-dfc5f2898cbf@mhorton.net> <20190624005614.GF20473@mcvoy.com> <0be48695-c49c-a3f6-5905-aa36878b209a@gmail.com> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:51:29 -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: <0be48695-c49c-a3f6-5905-aa36878b209a@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfHjdk9J4/z7VzWXQ3u+fzvZZ0U2FgM1y1mlOtDL21zyDFbNuliZ2qxiz16rTRo3kdhgmd8Osy0VquSvyq9/KhxbQSiLMA91/1Y73XKcfvBJxGMl4y600 pZqhbzTLM5b5Kg4oMTsHP4T7Jai6nBjgNKUIVEHR6u8v83hJL+4d6K73 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 6/23/2019 9:31 PM, William Pechter wrote: > I'm still partial to having machines with real serial ports on 'em > although I have all the USB serial/parallel cables as well. > > Still have a couple of desktops with Real RS232 ports just in case.  > My old K6-2 has both the 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch floppies -- just in case. Oh, so do I - one notable thing recently, a few Dell T7910 workstations (huge mothers, dual Xeons, plumbed x16 PCI-E interfaces to the second CPU, etc) actually had a male DB9 on the back. I was somewhat impressed. ak