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- From: Ken@kenwyn.demon.co.uk (Ken)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Null modem cable question
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 07:16:44 GMT
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- On 04-Mar-96 23:13:55, Richard J. Dane wrote this about Null modem cable
- question;
- > I recently received a 25 pin male-male cable and was told that it was a
- > null modem cable. My phantasy of a null modem cable was that it should
- > hook up to the serial port (25 pin female-female,) does it go in the
- > parallel port?
-
- Under no circumstances !!!
-
- > What is the difference between the cable used with ParNet in the parallel
- > pourt, and my null modem cable?
- > Any takers?
- > Aloha! Richard.
- >
-
- A null-modem cable is for use on the *serial* port, a Parnet cable
- is used on the *parallel* port. They are totally different and cannot
- be interchanged.
- I have the connections for both somewhere, I can look them up if you need.
-
- Ken...................
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