DB25 RS232 null modem converter? On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 17:46, Karl Auer <ka...@biplane.com.au> wrote:
> > > > > What tools do you carry around for work. > > > > > Whats the oldest - krone tool ? > > > > > Whats the newest > > > > > Whats the most useful ! > > A bent-out medium size paper clip. > > It gets lost and replaced often, but it is the answer to all four > questions. > > Here is a short story I wrote a few years ago. See if you can guess > what used-to-be-essential item is telling its tale: > > "I don't remember being made; don't remember the quick staccato > movements of the American robots that put me together, tiny puffs of > acrid smoke rising as my dozens of solder spots were placed, my twenty- > five wires brought skillfully but mindlessly to their final positions, > my label slapped on just before I hit the conveyor belt to the blister- > packing machine. I do remember being in the blister pack though, > looking out, rather mystified, over the shelves and spotty customers of > a Tandy store in Civic. > > "And I remember being bought; how huge hands split the blister pack and > threw me into the darkness of a toolbox. I remember rattling around for > eternity, making the painful acquaintance of the other residents of the > toolbox. > > "The first time I was used is clear in my mind too; spliced into some > hairball cable, I saw so obviously, so properly where the bits needed > to go. I recall switching them like little carts on parallel > rollercoasters. This goes there; and that goes here... It all made > sense and I revelled in being part of the flow, part of the > functioning. > > "But I've not been that for a long time now. For a long while I rode in > the toolbox, but then I was placed on a shelf in a workshop. I used to > be able to see the workshop, but now I see only the backsides and > elbows of the things that cover me, other plastics and metals, casings, > cables and chips. > > "I have no moving parts. I don't decay. Patch me into your cable again, > and again I'll bring your data through. But I guess that won't be > happening. Cables are different now; standardised, correct, the right > cable for the right job. I was only ever a fixer, a translator, a > corrector of errors, a twister of pairs. > > "The future is a very long time for an obsolete immortal." > > Regards, K. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) > http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer > http://twitter.com/kauer389 > > GPG fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 > Old fingerprint: A52E F6B9 708B 51C4 85E6 1634 0571 ADF9 3C1C 6A3A > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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