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Sylvia Else
- Jan 1, 1970
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Or maybe the question should be why do we have cables that are not
crossover.
My first encounter with this concept came when connecting serial ports
together. Turned out there were two kinds - data set, and data terminal.
Not content with that, when UTP cables came out, we had a similar situation.
Maybe I've missed something, but it's always seemed to me that a logical
approach would be to define some pins as input and some as output, and
for cables to connect input pins to output pins, thus obviating the need
for two different ways of wiring up connecting cables.
Did I miss something? Is there a reason this situation persists?
Sylvia.
crossover.
My first encounter with this concept came when connecting serial ports
together. Turned out there were two kinds - data set, and data terminal.
Not content with that, when UTP cables came out, we had a similar situation.
Maybe I've missed something, but it's always seemed to me that a logical
approach would be to define some pins as input and some as output, and
for cables to connect input pins to output pins, thus obviating the need
for two different ways of wiring up connecting cables.
Did I miss something? Is there a reason this situation persists?
Sylvia.