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From: sml@wdl1.UUCP (sml )
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Modular (phone-type) plugs as termin - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 14:22:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 14:22:49 1984
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wdl1!sml    Jun 14 09:57:00 1984

>I have been thinking for a while about switching to the modular phone-type
>jacks for connecting terminals to systems instead of the bulky DB25 connectors 
>now commonly used. Does anyone have strong feelings on this topic? The scheme 
>would be to use the kind of cabling that is used to connect telephones to the 
>wall jack, and then provide an adaptor plug that fastens to the back of the 
>terminal. 
> ...

We have such a system at Ford Aerospace.  There are vendors that supply the
necessary adapters and such.  Unfortunately, I am unable to find such a
catalog right now.  If you don't identify a supplier and are interested,
I can try to dig harder.

Steve Lazarus
Ford Aerospace
3939 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA  94305
(415) 852-4203
sml@ford-wdl1
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