From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CKgmK-0000zc-00 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:31:08 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CKgm8-0003T6-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:30:57 -0700 Received: (qmail 24908 invoked by uid 1023); 21 Oct 2004 17:30:57 -0000 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:57 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20041021173057.GA24845@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: strange cable X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:31:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch standard headphone connector. Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as well. Thanks. Greg - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBd/JQ7s9z/XlyUyARAqtaAJ42KPSaum9eYGV+iD8o9GrhmV03FQCeMxF+ FmqGCBFX96COezIuV80OJ7I= =QXVr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----