Tony Duell skrev:
>> Really, who doesn't? While I've not seen many colour-coded computers, I've
>> seldom seen any without properly labeled ports.
>Didn't we go through this a few weeks back? When some of us posted about
>connectors found on ISA slot covers, and others guessed what they were?
Yep. It seems as though a few "elite hackers" still aren't convinced, though.
>However, I've seen too many computers with incorrect labelling. I've seen
>PCs with a DE9 COM port with a mouse icon over it. OK, so the
>pre-installed version of Windows presumably expected a serial mouse on
>COM1: . That does not make that port a mouse port, though, at least not
>to a hardware hacker like me.
No, D9 mouse ports are for quadrature mice. Everyone knows that.
Speaking of quadrature and improperly labelled ports, why do HP call their
PS/2 mouse to HIL adapter "quadrature adapter"? The quadrature ends before it
even goes out of the mouse and onto the cable.
>> Are you going to set up your computer by trial-or-error?
>Well, it ensures that people who can change buffer chips will always find
>a job after some idiot plugs a printer cable into a DB25-S RS232 port....
IMO he wouldn't be an idiot if the port wasn't labeled as an RS-232 port.
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Received on Thu Oct 04 2001 - 21:34:39 BST