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From: Jagan Annamalai <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: More questions on Data Acquisition / RS-232
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:15:14 -0600
Organization: University of Houston
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Frank da Cruz wrote:
> :
> If the device's DB-25 connector is a parallel interface and not a serial one,
> then you're out of luck.  You can't plug it into the PC's serial interface,
> but MS-DOS Kermit does not support the parallel port as a communications
> device.  Parallel and serial interfaces are entirely different; no amount of
> rewiring can make one communicate with the other.
>
> Have you ever seen the output from this device under any circumstances?

There was another student here who had used Kermit to access data from the
same device.  So I know that it did work before. I remember him saying that he
used the printer port on the computer. Are the different versions of kermit
different?  Could the older versions use the parallel port? I am indeed trying
to get in touch with him. Don't know how long that's gonna take though.

-Jagan

> If so, what were the circumstances?
>
> - Frank