These are fairly rare cables, but not unknown. I have one for the purpose of uploading software upgrades to a small telecomm device I happen to have. It's just as you describe--standard mini-phone at one end, and standard db9 at the other. In my case I attach it correctly and run minicom. Don't know about your case, but I do know it's possible to plug it into the wrong port though I doubt it will do anything harmful for that. Gregory Nowak writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin > serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch > standard headphone connector. > > Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be > used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't > want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a > microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both > devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port > just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a > tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as > well. Thanks. > > Greg > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBd/JQ7s9z/XlyUyARAqtaAJ42KPSaum9eYGV+iD8o9GrhmV03FQCeMxF+ > FmqGCBFX96COezIuV80OJ7I= > =QXVr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
