"Meindert Sprang" wrote in
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NMEA is nothing more than a RS-422 connection, something that is used
all over the world without problems. It's just that some manufacturers
screw up big time...


Not at all. No RS-422 connection is made with screw terminal from little
bare wires sticking out of a plastic plug, plugged into a plastic box.

There have never been any screw terminals on any of my computers....er, ah,
well, since the first one back in the early 70's...(c;

All those manufacturers you refer to are the trouble, the cheap *******s.
$500 and it comes with wires sticking out of it, 30 cm long.