Date   : Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:19:15 +0100
From   : Sprow <news@...>
Subject: Re: Linking a BBC to a MAC

In article <020720035502@...>,
   Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> > Message-ID: <4b56da1644news@...>
>  
> Sprow <news@...> wrote:
> >    Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> > > Having a plug with one notch is the usual situation, and it is standard
> > > practise to align the plug so the notch is as the top as the plug can 
> > > be accidently inserted upside down.
> > 
> > Except of course the RS423 domino DIN has the notches to the east/west,
> > which makes the above mechanically difficult!
>  
> No, the notch is definately at the top, I've just looked at the back of
> the computer and pulled the serial lead out to check:
>  
>          notch
>            v
>           ***
>  lug --> ***** <-- lug
>           ***
>            ^
>         no notch

Looks like your lug is our notch.You're talking about the little stripe in
the rubber cover - of which there is definately only one,and (agreed) it is
at the top,
Sprow.