Your TV's RS-232 port is a powerful automation tool - how to unlock it (and what it can do)

Your TV's RS-232 port is a powerful automation tool - how to unlock it (and what it can do) ...

What the RS-232 port on your TV is actually for

You may have noticed your TV has a port marked RS-232 on the back that doesn't look like any other connector you have. Here's ...
Electronic Design

Remembering RS-232

What is RS-232? Why was RS-232 important? Take our poll and see what others think of RS-232. RS-232 (Recommended Standard 232) was introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data.
Ars Technica

Can Cat5 cable be used in place of RS-232?

I need to connect to devices that use an rs-232 connection, but I was wondering if I could use cat5 cable instead of rs-232 cable since I don't have rs-232 cable but plenty of cat5. The connection ...
Computerworld

Hacking the Cable Modem: Building A Console Cable

The device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...