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- From: grtdane@aloha.net (Richard J. Dane)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Null modem cable question
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 18:16:18 GMT
- Organization: Hawaii OnLine - Honolulu, HI
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- Ken (Ken@kenwyn.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- :
- : 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.
-
- What is the advantage of Parnet?
- What is the pinout for both?
- What sources could I have looked up to learn the above? :)
-
- Thank you Ken, for taking the time.
- Aloha Richard
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