Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mcnc!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!sml From: sml@wdl1.UUCP (sml ) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Modular (phone-type) plugs as termin - (nf) Message-ID: <323@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 14:22:49 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.323 Posted: Thu Jun 14 14:22:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jun-84 01:20:50 EDT Lines: 23 #R:dual:-59200:wdl1:1400001:000:780 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 ...fortune!wdl1!sml