On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Bill Woodcock <woody@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Oh, and serial ports. Those started out as DB-25, then DB-9, then > > RJ-45, and now mini-USB, emulating serial ports. People briefly tried > > bluetooth emulating serial ports, but there were too many ways for that > > to go wrong. > > I learnt recently that the telco's have a term I'd never heard of before to > describe those serial ports: "craft terminals". sometimes 'craft interface' ... Juniper I think even describes their serialport/front-panel-blinkies in this manner. -chris