> Me, it would (dead in the tracks), but SOME laplink cables are actually > extension cables, which means that they are pini-to-pin D-25 female to > female, so others (and that would be users) it may not ;-) (Meaning stop > them from using these cables) > > In any case, I have seen many weird things happening such as 5 1/4" disks > stuffed in 3 1/2" drives, keyboards plugged in tape recorders' sockets > etc... When I used to run the computer shop in Greece we would get really > weird requests for cables among other things... so nothing really > surprises me. Many people would try to extend, an already extended cable; > hence the weird genders etc... Yes, I for one couldn't have said with any degree of certainty if the gender of connectors on all computers were the same, and probably could not recall from memory even for my own PC either. It used to be fairly simple with both computers and audio equipment - if there were volts present, it would be the version you couldn't touch (usually a socket, or a plug with well shrouded pins), but it's never quite that simple these days.
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