Northstar Horizon

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Wed Jun 2 20:14:18 1999

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
>
> IMHO - not!. Get a breakout box _as well_ - it's another useful tool. But
> the advantage of the inline tester is that it doesn't have jumpers or
> switches that you can set wrongly. It just plugs inline between a 25 pin
> D plug and socket and monitors the signals. It's not going to cause one
> of the signals to disappear.

Hi
 My thinking is that if I have one box to look for in
my tool box, I won't loose it so fast. If I have
2 or three, I never know if I have them all and
miss one and your dead. Sounds mostly like personal
choice here. I almost always need to adjust switches
anyway, it hasn't been a problem.
 Still you also need a gender changer as well. I once
saw an interesting 4 cornered one that a fellow made.
I have never seen a four connector commercial one,
though. Maybe someone makes one.
Dwight
Received on Wed Jun 02 1999 - 20:14:18 BST

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