> My conclusion as to why Wouter chose a 15 pin d-shell (aside
> from its spare
> game port cable roots) is because he could route all 8 of his
> signals on one
> side of his PCB without using a more expensive right angle
> DB-15, which was
> clever but an overkill in my opinion. Besides its tough to
> emulate on a
> point-to-point wired circuit...

Don't miss the most important point: it takes up very little (precious)
PCB area!

But I certainly don't advocate DB15 as connector at the target side, I
prefer a 2x8 pin header (when I have one at all, because a DIP clip is
much easier and I use mostly DIP).

Wouter van Ooijen

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