-=> /* Quoting Rick Collins to Frank Sexton */ <=-
 FS> Right.  A null modem cable is just a direct serial-serial
 FS> cable with the xmt/rcv wires crossed.
 RC> If you mean _only_ the TX data and RX data, then you're mistaken. 
 RC> Usually the control lines are crossed as well so CTS is paired with
 RC> RTS and so on. 
I didn't really mean "only".  But the poster was having a
very difficult time believing everybody that told him he
needed a null modem cable for what he was doing.  He
continued to ask for confirmation each time someone told
him he needed a null modem cable.  He had already purchased
a standard serial cable and was obviously looking for
anyone that would tell him it would work (it wouldn't). It
was frustrating. You can only say it so many ways. You're
right, the control lines are also crossed.
-Frank
(fsexton@ibm.net - http://www.concentric.net/~fsexton)
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