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

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From: C.M. Hicks
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:14

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moffatd@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Darren Moffat) writes:

>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. 

Yes it does, but in this context I'm sure it stands for:

                        Random Spaghetti

:-)


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