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echo: hs_modems
to: ELTON KOEHN
from: DAVID BOWERMAN
date: 1998-02-22 23:07:00
subject: null modem cable

Elton Koehn wrote in a message to David Bowerman:
 FS> Right.  A null modem cable is just a direct serial-serial
 FS> cable with the xmt/rcv wires crossed.
 DB> You should also cross the handshake lines.
 EK> Lets get this Null Modem cable right so he can actually use it.  
If you check the message I left for Minh Van a couple of weeks back, the only 
difference between the 9 pin/9 pin adapter is that I also connect the Carrier 
Detect (pin 1).  Some comm programs are not happy without a valid CD line.
Regards,
       David
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