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Subject: Re: Auto232 dos cable for sale anyone??

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 16:41:22 06/27/02

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On June 27, 2002 at 19:15:09, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>On June 27, 2002 at 17:42:27, Chris Taylor wrote:
>
>>The programs tried are Genius dos, Rebel9 and Hiarcs 6........
>>
>>The modem was external!  :-}
>>
>>Chris
>
>Modem cables are always for external modems. Transmit and receive are not
>swapped on a modem cable. Null modem cables have them swapped. Perhaps one of
>your RS232 ports is wired strangely and requires a straight-through cable?
>
>kp


FWIW, I have seen at least 2 or 3 wiring schemes used in null modem cables over
the last 21 years.  Of course, Tx & Rx are always swapped, but sometimes certain
control signals are swapped and/or wired together.  I don't know if this matters
in this case, but I thought I'd mention it.



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