You can't universally say that. While most PCs (and all I've seen today)
have the distinction I HAVE seen some really old ones that did weird stuff
like this. Aside from this have you ever dealt with Sun's? I know for a fact
that the Ultra30s have 25 pin female serial AND parallel ports, NOTHING
stops you from plugging something in to the wrong port. TTYL

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Anand Dhuru
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 23:58
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Beginner Help Needed
>
>
> > 3  -  A 25 pin serial (COM) port can use the same connector as the
> parallel
> > (printer) port, so you have to be careful which one you are
> plugging into.
> > Most newer PCs only come with 9 pin serial ports, which makes this much
> > easier.
> >
> True, but the gender is opposite; you cannot, by mistake, plug a parallel
> cable into a 25 pin serial port on the PC.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anand Dhuru
>
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