Date   : Wed, 28 Oct 1992 15:20:48 GMT
From   : cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!caen!uflorida!nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu!DHBHM@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bruce H. McIntosh)
Subject: Re: 5v out serial port

In article <1992Oct17.150342.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>
jmolinari@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
>Anybody had their serial port NOT put out the 5 volts it's supposed to?
>Anybody care to take a guess at how diffucult it would be to fix?
 
If your serial port is a real, live RS232 (RS232 standard - there's a front
runner for oxymoron of the month! :-) ), it is NOT supposed to put out 5vdc!
RS232 works with a voltage swing of +/- 9vdc.
 
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