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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