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- From: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Null modem cable question
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 23:55:19 GMT
- Organization: Gnome's Steamware
- Sender: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
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- In a message on 04-Mar-96 18:13:55, Richard J. Dane wrote:
-
- > 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?
-
- A null-modem cable goes in the serial port, so of course the connector
- must me of the correct gender.
-
- A ParNet cable goes in the parallel port ('Parallel Network')
-
-
- > What is the difference between the cable used with ParNet in the parallel
- > port, and my null modem cable?
-
- Without knowing anything about your cable, this is an impossible question :-)
-
- There are several types of null-modem cable, two of which are
-
- a) a sort of cut-down version for game playing. I have no details
- of this, but I believe some lines are not connected - probably the
- handshake lines (lines 4,5).
-
- b) the "full" null-modem cable, as below (not suitable for ParNet)
-
-
- 1 GND to 1 GND (frame gnd)
- 2 TX to 3 RX
- 3 RX to 2 TX
- 4 RTS to 5 CTS
- 5 CTS to 4 RTS
- 6 DSR to 20 DTR
- 7 Gnd to 7 Gnd (signal gnd)
- 20 DTR to 6 DSR
-
- This allows full handshaking.
-
- Other lines are not used.
-
- Source: ICPUG News Nov/Dec 1992
-
- ----------------------------------
-
- And here is a ParNet cable:
- ---------------------------
-
- The following connections need to be made on a DB25 cable:
-
- You are making a cable that connects the two PARALLEL ports
- of your Amiga together.
-
- CABLE: Connect D7-D0,SEL,POUT, and BUSY across,
- Connect ACK (FLAG interrupt) to SEL locally:
-
- (2-9) D7-D0 ------------ D7-D0
- (12) POUT ------------ POUT
- (11) BUSY ------------ BUSY PARALLEL PORT
- (13) SEL --+------+-- SEL
- (10) ACK -/ \- ACK
- (18-22) GND ------------ GND (18-22)
-
- Double check the gender for the DB25 connectors you will
- need to connect to your Parallel Port.
-
- The easiest thing to do is to buy a premade cable with all 25
- lines passed and DB25 connectors on both ends (Double check the
- gender's that they match before you buy the cable!) And then rip
- it apart and cut-and-seal those wires which are not supposed to be
- connected. You also need to bridge ACK to SEL as per the diagram
- above ON BOTH ENDS OF THE CABLE, as shown above.
-
- ** NEVER PLUG IN AN UNMODIFIED CABLE BETWEEN THE TWO COMPUTERS!
-
- ** DOUBLE CHECK YOUR CABLE BEFORE INSTALLATION!
-
-
- Source: Guide to ParBench
-
-
- John
-
- --
- John Marchant ('Gnome'). Bedford UK. gnome@mag-net.co.uk
- Amiga 4000/40 Fidonet: 2:2500/167.15
- By the time I think I've got the answer I've forgotten the question
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