A nullmodem cable has two female plugs. Connect two working computers with the cable and start a terminal with identical settings on each, e.g 9600,8,1,n. If you type any text in one terminal, it should appear on the other side. If it does, it's a nullmodem cable or some magic.
Regards, Adrian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>One more idea - is it possible that the machine is set up to use a serial >>console? Maybe that is supported under SRM and not AlphaBIOS, which is why >>the display worked under AlphaBIOS. Mine was set to use the serial console >>when I got it. I used a null modem cable between the XP1000 and a second >>machine and ran minicom on the second machine. You could try that and see if >>you get anything in minicom when you power cycle it. > > > Is there an easy way to tell, if a serial cable is a null modem cable? We > have serial cables at work and occasionally null modem cables are bought by > mistake. Nobody seems to know how to tell which is which though. > > Thanks > > Simon. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
