Just one note, RS-232 still exists and is still used a lot. In Arduino projects and probably most USB device where there is an FTDI chip or FTDI-like clone that converts USB data to serial data for internal communication.
You haven't lived until you've constructed a null modem cable and connected two terminal devices with it. I still have mine in a shoebox downstairs, though I'd have to write a driver to make it work again. (Fuck, let's hope I never have the need.)
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1 u/roznak 25 Mar 2017 02:56
Very nice overview.
Just one note, RS-232 still exists and is still used a lot. In Arduino projects and probably most USB device where there is an FTDI chip or FTDI-like clone that converts USB data to serial data for internal communication.
1 u/effusive_ermine [OP] 25 Mar 2017 03:20
You haven't lived until you've constructed a null modem cable and connected two terminal devices with it. I still have mine in a shoebox downstairs, though I'd have to write a driver to make it work again. (Fuck, let's hope I never have the need.)
0 u/effusive_ermine [OP] 25 Mar 2017 02:17
Centronics