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- From: ECZ5ACK@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Andy Kohler)
- Subject: Re: NULL modem cable
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- References: <OKES.92Sep2140842@SunLab45.essex.ac.uk>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 07:48:33 PDT
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- In article <OKES.92Sep2140842@SunLab45.essex.ac.uk>, on 2 Sep 92 13:08:42 GMT,
- okes@essex.ac.uk (Oke S) writes:
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- >
- >In article <1992Sep1.173301.1@vaxr.llnl.gov> yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov writes:
- >| In article <92245.174818TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu>, TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
- >| > I would like to get a null modem cable to connect Amiga to Amiga and
- >| > Amiga to IBM. Am I going to have to get two different cables? Or can
- >| > I use one cable and a gender bender?
- >| > The guy at the local store told me I could use any null modem cable to do
- >| > Amiga to IBM but I though the Amiga serial port was the opposite gender.
- >| > Thanks for any info!
- >|
- >| This depends on which Amiga you have. The A1000 has non-standard ports!
- >Modern Amigas have 25 pin serial ports. PCs tend to have 9-pin ones. So I
- >guess you will probably have to get 2 cables.
- >
- Actually, most modern PCs and clones have 2 serial ports - one (usually
- COM1) is a 25-pin male port; the other (COM2) is a 9-pin female port.
- Adapters to change gender, or to convert from 25 to 9 pin, are
- readily available at most computer/electronics stores.
- --
- Andy Kohler (ecz5ack@mvs.oac.ucla.edu)
-