> This is exceedingly odd. As a power engineer in training I would say > somebody did a really rotten job designing the power supply in one of your > machines. Was there any other equipment on either of the machines's > outlets? Poor power regulation aside, I don't see how a phase difference > affected the serial port. I hope that in general at least this isn't a > problem.
I heard people say that with an RS232 connection, there might be a problem due to the differences in the ground potential of the 2 systems involved. Can you comment on this, as a power eng ? Thank you. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .