Voila - here's my setup. https://photos.app.goo.gl/YeurPtPESokDdXkTA
Starting at the 102, there's the DB9/DB25 adapter, then gender changer, then null modem, then usb/serial cable, then my Dell laptop. Tom M. On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 4:37 PM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > You shouldn't need to replace your usb/serial adapter. I know that there > is the odd ball case out there but the VAST majority of these converters > just create a 9pin male serial port that matches the standard port found on > an IBM-AT from the mid 80's. > > Here is a thought. Take a picture of your setup and send it. Keep in mind > that emails to the list need to be less than 64k so the picture will need > to be small. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Thomas Morehouse wrote: > > Yep - definitely a neat looking setup! > > But if I buy yet another cable - this time one of the null modem cables > recommended on that Tandy wiki page ... don't I still have to buy a > usb/serial converter unit? > > As the list members have pointed out, there seems to be a wiring problem > with my current usb/serial unit. So using my current usb/serial unit is > causing the screen voltage problem. > > Tom M. > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 3:27 PM Brian K. White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/10/19 1:28 PM, Kurt McCullum wrote: > > Perhaps a picture may help. > > > > On the left are the two slim adapters stacked. This ends up being a > > DB9 to DB25 null modem cable. On the right is a USB to serial adapter. > > The two adapters on the left, get put into the DB9 port on the right. > > > > The cables that Brian has listed on his site would take the place of > > the two slim adapters on the left of the picture. > > > > Kurt > > That is another nice neat arrangement. > I like it. > > -- > bkw > > >
