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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!hwcs!caledonias3.caledonia.hw.ac.uk!censjg
  2. From: censjg@caledonias3.caledonia.hw.ac.uk (Simon Greaves)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
  4. Subject: Re: rs232
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.134130.28873@cs.hw.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 17 Nov 92 13:41:30 GMT
  7. References: <Bxr23n.KK2.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Nov15.135756.29927@netcom.com>
  8. Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator)
  9. Organization: Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
  10. Lines: 27
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  12. I've done the sort of thing you're after using the RT's native 10 way connectors.
  13.  
  14. The pinout looks like this;
  15.         ________
  16.         |      -
  17. NC      | 5  10 |  GND
  18. RI      | 4   9 |  DC (data carrier)
  19. RTS     | 3   8 |  CTS
  20. DTR     | 2   7 |  DSR
  21. TD      | 1   6 |  RD
  22.         |      -
  23.         --------
  24.  
  25.  
  26. if I remember correctly this is looking into the hole in the RT. The D type pins are standard, I can get these for you if you can't find them elsewhere (check modem docs).
  27.  
  28. Works fine for me..
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31. Simon
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