Re: Are AppleIIe 9 pin connectors standard RS232?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

> In article <3414dd3e.68052@news.clear.net.nz>,
> Glenn Reed <g.reed@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> >Can someone tell me if the Apple IIe 9 pin connectors found at the
> >back of the computer a standard RS232 port?
> 
>    Despite Apple's best attempts to confuse people by using a
> connector normally used by RS232 ports,

In which universe?  The only devices I've seen that use a 9-pin female D
connector for a serial port are the early Macs (128, 512) and some
pocket modems.

The PC uses either a 25 or 9 pin MALE connector.


Now, the various uses of the DB-25 are another matter - one machine
could have a serial port, parallel port, SCSI port and ProFile drive
interface all with the same female 25-pin connector (not that this
particular combination is very likely, and at least the ProFile card
deliberately blocks pin 7 so you cannot accidentally plug a serial cable
into it).

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