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From: douglabe@tekig7.pen.tek.com (Douglas R Beck)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Nul modem cable for doom, how to make?
Date: 2 Sep 1994 17:51:28 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.
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Sender: douglabe@tekig7 (Douglas R Beck)
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Message-ID: <347on0$66b@tekadm1.cse.tek.com>
References: <347g0p$ncv@beta.qmw.ac.uk>
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Keywords: doom, serial, RS232, nul-modem, multi-player
In article <347g0p$ncv@beta.qmw.ac.uk>, leamy@sunrae.uel.ac.uk (Ben Leamy) writes:
> Please would some one post infomation on how to make a nul-modem cable to
> play doom via 9pin RS232, or post the FAQ (if there is one and if it
> contains the answer).
Two Female 9pin serial connectors:
2 <----> 3
3 <----> 2
7 <----> 7
This will work. I mine is about 80' long, and plays linked DooM at the same
speed as my 4 foot (purchased) null modem cable with all the handshaking lines.
Good Luck!
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