On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:19:05 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Yes, it does clarify. Thanks.
Does anybody know if such an adaptor is readily available commercially?
Sam Heywood
