> From: Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > > > On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > > ... > > However using the null modem cable one must be very carefull about power > > supply! Sometimes it is possible to destroy serial ports, when two > > computers are connected to the sockets powered from different phases. > > I've done it :-(. > > The safest solution is to power both of them right from the same socket. > > > > Wojtek Zabolotny > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is exceedingly odd. As a power engineer in training I would say > somebody did a really rotten job designing the power supply in one of your > machines. Was there any other equipment on either of the machines's > outlets? Poor power regulation aside, I don't see how a phase difference > affected the serial port. I hope that in general at least this isn't a > problem. That sounds like a ground loop problem. Daniel -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
