Category : Tutorials + Patches
Archive   : RS232CBL.ZIP
Filename : CAUTIONS
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nor implied by the author or publishers or repository agents of
this write-up.
**********Cautions:**********
Mis-cabling or incorrect connections can cause permanent damage
to equipment, requiring expensive repairs or replacement. This
damage typically is not covered by equipment warranties. I now
own a dead printer, ruined by a mis-connection.
**********Cautions:**********
While there is specifically-designed test equipment that permits
signal lights and voltage level displays, ordinary voltmeters or
signal lights can cause permanent damage to computer equipment.
For example, current drain can be too heavy by some signal
lights that use your computer equipment signals to illuminate the
lights.
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/