[ale] A little gripe

[Dave Brooks]

This is where a good LART comes in handy...

DAB

chrisf at computone.com wrote:
> 
> I have a little grip concerning old technology.  It seems that everyone of my customers that
> I deal with expect to go purchase DCE or DTE cables from stores like Radio
> Shack and make it work between our Terminal Server and there equipment.
> This is compounded by ports that at RJ45 and not DBs.  It seems to me that
> no one understand TxD, Rxd, DTR, DSR, DCD, etc anymore and do not
> know how to make a serial cable.  They even whine "I can't get my cable to
> work" or "Nothing is coming up in HyperTerminal"  and my favorite, "All I see
> is hieroglyphics".  Has the flood of so called talent and Microsoft products made people
> dumber?  Even today,  I get customers who ask:
> 
> Why do I have to "telnet termserver 9001" to gain access to port 1?  Can
> I just put the 9001 in /etc/hosts and then telnet to hostname and automagically
> be connected to 9001?
> 
> or
> 
> Will you make my cable for me
> 
> How many more stupid people do I have to deal with?   Those people who ask me to
> make cables do not even have the sense to know how to get the pinouts
> for their product.  We have to find it for them.  Ironically,  These same people
> have Suns, HPs, and even Linux boxes.  But, when it comes to networking,  The most
> stupid by far, are those who rely on MS products for all networking services.
> 
> Sorry to scream but please reply and give me therapy.
> Chris
> 
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