Gidday John
On 29-May-01, you wrote:
>>> Ok, slightly OT. Is there a splitter available to allow me to have a
>>> modem and a null modem cable (for MP games) connected at the same
>>> time?
>>
>> No, you cannot connect two things to the serial port at the same time.
> You can but not being addressed or running at the same time :)
> You can buy leads which have split with a small and a large plug to fit
> different size serial ports.
> The "spare" plug carries signal and can be used as a socket, though gender
> changers and adapters will be needed.
> I currently use this set up with modem and Palm, the modem has to be left
> on while the palm syncs though.
How does the modem know to ignore data meant for the Palm, and
vice-versa?
Regards
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