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echo: hs_modems
to: FRANK SEXTON
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1998-02-18 18:43:00
subject: null modem cable

At 18:21/17/Feb, Frank Sexton (1:104/725) said:
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FS> Right.  A null modem cable is just a direct serial-serial
FS> cable with the xmt/rcv wires crossed.
If you mean _only_ the TX data and RX data, then you're mistaken.  Usually 
the control lines are crossed as well so CTS is paired with RTS and so on.
Rick
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