I'm probably going to return this cable. Actually I could just ask the IT guys at our uni about the serial cable, since these two beauties were lying in their salvage bin.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17:41:49 Oct 13, Vivek Ayer wrote: >> I'm getting zilch. I'm starting to suspect that I got ripped off on >> this cable. I could be just as wrong. I just need to test this cable >> with a windows machine via hyperterminal to absolutely make sure it's >> not working. >> > > You can create a null modem cable yourself. > > Or you could buy one off a good hardware store. ;) > > You can test very well with two PCs connected back to back using one of > the serial port communication programs like cu(1), minicom(1) or tip(1). > > -Girish
