Re: Radio Shack?


"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alison wrote:

Paul Bunion <Roddy9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't believe the looks I get lately when I want an electronic part
from Radio Shack.

You try going into PC-World and asking for a DB9 female to female gender
changer. I'm surprised the twat who I asked didn't call the police. Now
if
I'd asked for a big shiny laptop I'm sure they'd have been all over me
whilst drooling at their mouths and making snorting heavy breathing
noises.


There is no such thing. The proper name is DE-9:

"D" is the connector type.
"E" is the shell size.
"9" is the number of positions for pins, no matter how many are
installed.

People ASS U ME that if the 25 pin is a DB connector, so is the 9
pin.


The SVGA monitor most people use has a HDE-15 connector

"H" is "High Density Connector"
"D" is the connector type.
"E" is the shell size.
"15" is the number of positions for pins, no matter how many are
installed.

Yes, there are idiots selling both of these under the wrong name, but
if you contact any manufacture or OEM distributor it will show that you
don't know what you're doing.

Ok, but DB9 is the "common" name for a nine-pin D-shell type connector. I
used to be an engineer at an electronics manufacturer that used lots of DE-9
connectors. I suppose we all knew the proper name for it, but I don't recall
anyone ever calling someone on the carpet for calling it a DB9. Even our
warehouse manager knew what we were talking about. If I ask for "Kleenex",
most people know I need facial tissue.

The problem with sales people at most retailers is that they only know how
to look in a book. If they don't find "DB9", they (and you) are screwed.
Perhaps the books should list common names, or do what Google and Wikipedia
do when there isn't an exact match, and ask "did you mean... DE-9?"


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