2017/08/30 11:06:30
SteveStrummerUK
 
On the back of one of our office PCs:
 

 
Anyone know what plugs into this?
 
Cheers 
2017/08/30 11:29:34
paulo
Looks like a serial port.
2017/08/30 13:21:27
michaelhanson
Cereal Port.... Capton Crunch, Post Toasties.
2017/08/30 15:49:08
bapu
Midee pourt?
2017/08/30 15:49:58
bapu
SteveStrummerUK
 
On the back of one of our office PCs:
 

 
Anyone know what plugs into this?
 
Cheers 


I used to use those for a modem.
2017/08/30 19:29:37
Hatstand
definitely a serial port, no longer used no doubt due to a serial killer
2017/08/30 19:31:48
bapu
I still have a parallel (compression) printer.
2017/08/30 19:51:03
Beepster
Yeesh. How old are the systems where you work.
 
And yes... 9 pin serial port.
 
It was essentially the "jack of all trades" connection before USB became a thing (mice, printers, data transfer, breakout boxes, etc).
 
However it may be a proprietary connector that is just disguising itself as a serial port. Sometimes manufacturers will wire up the 9 pins in funky ways to do a specific task. It does have what I THINK (IIRC) the standard serial port symbol above it.
 
They may have been added to the machines simply to be able to hook up older equipment if need be.
2017/08/30 20:01:15
bitman
Really, you have to ask?
 
Alright hand over your man card Steve.
2017/08/30 20:17:10
jamesg1213
Beepster
 
It does have what I THINK (IIRC) the standard serial port symbol above it.
 




 
Wasn't that something like; OIO ?
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