Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: lightning, PACXs and computers (followup) Message-ID: <273@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 18:20:23 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.273 Posted: Mon Aug 19 18:20:23 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 20:46:45 EDT References: <1397@islenet.UUCP> <29116@lanl.ARPA> Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr Lines: 11 > According to the standard (Yes, it is a published standard, though > I haven't actually seen a copy in years), pin 7 is signal ground, > pin 1 is "safety" ground. For what it's worth, IBM's asynchronous communications adapter makes no use of pin 1. I'm not surprised, are you? :=) <- smiley pig -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary