On Sun, 14 May 2000, Michael Kukat wrote:

> Hi !
>  
> I read somewhere, this 9-pin-Layout is a little bit stolen from the old SGI
> machines. They had this connector long before the PCs, and the layout is nearly
> the same than the PCs have. So this needn't be just a space-problem.
> If you have a DEC H8571-J, the problems are gone, this is the MMJ-DB9 adapter.

Believe me. That adaptor will *not* make you happy. The DB9 that DEC did
is how you would expect it. 2,3 & 7 are the same as the a DB25, while the
PC DB9 is *not*.

	Johnny

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