Without a question: PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors. Impossible to tell from each other, or the right way up without eyeballs directly on them. A real PITA when trying to reach behind a desk or rack. The console port is a close second, though... On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, David Barak wrote:
--- Matt <acheron@qwest.net> wrote:
I've got a couple others in my head from 3Com and a couple of others, but I thought I'd get the ball rolling. So, what do you think?
Personally my issues are console-cable related: is there a benefit to the HUGE variety of console pinouts used by the various hardware vendors? Just look at vendor C as an example (I can think of four types immediately) - not only are the types of console port not standardized, but process for determining the location of the port clearly involved the reading of entrails...
-David Barak -Fully RFC 1925 Compliant-
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