Reply to post: Re: Remember serial breakout boxes?

A paper clip, a spool of phone wire and a recalcitrant RS-232 line: Going MacGyver in the wonderful world of hotel IT

Antron Argaiv Silver badge

Re: Remember serial breakout boxes?

Still have mine.

I used to joke with my cow-orkers that the one thing I would always be doing, no matter where I worked or what my title was, would be making RS-232 cables.

True up until about 10 years ago, when USB actually became usable.

I've traded in my sub-D pin crimp tool for a modular connector crimp tool.

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