[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <glrig9-2ao2.ln1 at news1.chingola.ch>,
	Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:19:41 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:
> 
>> On 08/23/12 10:47, Dirk Munk wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> What's the difference between a country kit and a power cord?
>>> $25 and a strong cardboard box
>>>
>>> (Joke from the good old DEC era)
>> 
>> What, only $25 ?. A snip...
>> 
> 
> Q: What price is a serial cable with the right connectors to connect 2
>    PDPs?
> A: What you need is a null modem cable and that will be £50.
> 
> I got my soldering iron out :-)

Must have been a newbee salesdroid.  The correct DEC solution would be
two $30 RS-232 cables and a DEC Null Modem which probably cost you $50.
( I actually have one here somewhere but couldn't lay my hand on it at
the moment or I would give you th Model Number  H-something.)

bill
 

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