Re: Anyone have a firefox (6520) keyboard?

From: Doug Phillips (dphill46_at_netscape.net)
Date: 10/14/05 

Date: 14 Oct 2005 09:41:58 -0700

Roger Ivie wrote:
> On 2005-10-12, Doug Phillips <dphill46@netscape.net> wrote:
> > Roger Ivie wrote:
> >> The 2000 has a DB-25 for the printer, a DB-9 for the console, and
> >> a DB-15 for video, keyboard, and mouse. Well, except I think "DB-9"
> >> should actually be "DE-9" and I'm not sure what "DB-15" should be (the
> >> B refers to the size of the connector, so a DB-9 would be the size
> >> of a DB-25, but only have 9 pins).
> >
> > The 9 pin RS232 connector is a DB-9. The 15 pin (3 rows of 5) connector
> > is an HD-15.
>
> I'm pretty certain you're wrong about the HD-15. The HD-15 appears to be
> the VGA connector, which is the same size as an alleged DB-9 but has three
> rows of pins. The 15-pin connector used in the VAXstations is slightly
> larger with two rows of pins.

You are correct. The HD-15 is the 3 row connector that has the same
case as the DB-9. I did find a 2-row DB-15 connector on the back of an
old computer, but didn't find the manual. Some catalogs refer to
HD-D-Sub-15 & D-Sub-15 for the 3 row & 2 row connectors respectively.

>
> I'm also seeing web pages claiming I was right about the DB-9 being a
> DE-9, but I can't cut and paste between the web session and this
> terminal session (different machines) to include a pointer.
>

I, too, found that DE-9 is the "real" name for the DB-9, but most
catalogs I find just say DB-9 or D-Sub-9 and if you're lucky there's a
drawing or picture.

Once again the old adage holds true: A picture is worth a thousand
words.

> The Amigas used an even slightly larger connector with 23 pins. I
> suspect the Amiga connector would be DC-23, the 15-pin connector
> used in the VAXstation would be DD-15, and the 9-pin serial port
> is DE-9. But I've been wrong before, and no doubt will again.

As Yogi might have said: You're only wrong when you're not right.

I haven't been quite right for years, but I hang around with people who
don't seem to mind:~]

Relevant Pages

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