"KEN HRYNCHUK" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (17 Sep 04  16:42:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "8-bit LPT cable"

 KH> DB25M            DB25M
 KH> -----            -----
 KH> 1 DDDDDDDDDDDDD  1
 KH> ^Oops, I forgot about the high ASCII...

That was the mailer here who did that. The olr received and sent it
just fine. I'm guessing some BBS ops are sticklers for the form.


 MR>  Parallel Link Cable

 

 KH> Thanks, Mike; I've saved the various configurations, for future
 KH> references. Have you tried using any of the legacy-compatible 8-bit
 KH> ones?

I've used 4 bit cables in dos with LLpro (8 bit works too) and XTlink
(only tried 4 bit) just fine. The XTlink was easy because the remote
appears as extra drives. Though not a true net it was easy to manage
files (but not directories).

 M*i*k*e

... Mainframe: the biggest PC peripheral you can buy.
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30