Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, David Puryear wrote: > > I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find > > the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable > > without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had > > no idea.:( I think I saw

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-20 Thread A. Paul Heely Jr.
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, David Puryear wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find > the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable > without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had > no idea.:( I think

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-20 Thread Daniel Stringfield
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Wayde Allen wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, David Puryear wrote: > [snip] [snip] Transmit and recieve are the main pins that are important. 2 and 3 are Transmit and receive. Switch those two, and run your ground straight through. Only need 3 wires going through the line

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-19 Thread John Hasler
David Puryear writes: > I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find > the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable > without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had > no idea. Wire up your cable straight through, and the

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-19 Thread Wayde Allen
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, David Puryear wrote: > I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find > the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable > without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had > no idea.:( I think I saw a postin

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
David Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] Does any one know the pinout of 9 pin serial ] cable? This specific information is available at: http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/PORTS/F_The_Serial_Port2.html#THESERIALPORT_002 The site is run by "Fil", and he also

Re: Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-19 Thread Vatiainen Heikki
The Linux Serial HOWTO tells about null modem cables. There are instructions for both minimum and full handshake cables with the pinouts for both the 9 and 25 pin connectors. The URL straight to the section that tells about null modem cables is http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-8.ht

Serial cable pinout??

1996-12-19 Thread David Puryear
Hi All, I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had no idea.:( I think I saw a posting of this somewhere, but have no idea as w