Re: Tell-tale signs of where a mouse has been.

[Edenyard]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:37:03 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> to work.  Did you need to re-wire any of the connectors?  Did you use
> an ordinary 25 pin serial cable to fit to your adaptor, or did you use a
> 25 pin null-modem cable?
>

   No re-wiring of cable connectors required - that's the whole point of
my adaptor. The cable you want is what's called a 25-way 1:1 cable,
i.e., pin 1 at one end wired to pin 1 at other end, pin 2 to pin 2, etc.
The adaptor makes the necessary cross-overs between lines on the
parallel ports so that standard 1:1 cables (the most commonly available
cables) can indeed be used. I've never seen an adaptor like this
available commercially - but then I don't get out much....

   Hope this clarifies.

      Ron.

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