[rescue] What is a good terminal?

[Dave McGuire]

On August 8, Stephen Dowdy wrote:
> And on the "MMJ" issue.  Unfortunately, that's another good idea gone bad.
> One place i worked had dual RJ11 wall-jacks that weren't labeled and no
> consistency of which was phone / which was serial.  Needless to say...
> "fried serial controllers" all over the place.  MMJ addressed that, but
> since noone ever adopted it (but DEC), and since DEC was charging (when
> i bought mine in the far distant past), $180 for a damn MMJ crimp-tool
> (okay, i got mine for $90 EDU discount, wahoo), i guess it would be
> inevitable it be despised now. ( I just take the route of breaking the
> lock tab off RJ11/RJ12 cables and duct-taping the sucker to the VT, who's
> gonna see it anyway?)

  I dunno...I use MMJs all over the place.  I paid about $30 for the MMJ
die for my crimper, and the blanks are cheap.  MMJ<->DB25/DB9 adapters
easily obtainable (I get handfuls at every hamfest)...I have a hard
time complaining about them.

  ...unless of course the real issue is "this is different from my
PeeCee!"...in which case I don't know what to tell you.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD