[Xastir] I finally got it!

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, Michael Lewis wrote:

> I do have a meter and a o-scope you know I was thinking last night while 
> messing with xastir thinking someone must of made a device that would show 
> which pins are active seems like a handy thing to have.
>
> I really don't bother with any radio shacks anymore but the basic of things 
> last time I went in looking for a serial cable I was asked "What's that?"

I'm an EE, so I get disgusted with the lack of expertise and poor
products there too, but often they are a good quick source for a few
items like I described.  I can hit 2 stores on my commute home.
Another 3 are not that far outside that range.  Convenience is
sometimes the higher priority.  I just go in knowing that I have to
already know what I want, what it looks like, and often the RS part
number 'cuz even then they won't know what it is or what it's for.

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