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Re: Serial Ports (was ADVOCACY: Convince me to stick with Atari.)

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From: Darren Moffat
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:51
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rossin@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ted Rossin) writes:

>RS232 is not a standard! Ever wonder what RS stands for:

>			Recommended Standard.

I think you will find that RS stands for Radio Spares
which is a large Components company. 

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Darren J Moffat
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From: moffatd@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Darren Moffat)
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Subject: Re: Serial Ports (was ADVOCACY: Convince me to stick with Atari.)
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Date: 21 Jan 93 12:51:32 GMT
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