Once apon a time Gary Laming said, 'Re: Ami -> IBM Null errors.' to
Simon Byrnand...

 GL> In contrast, here's what I was referring to and could well be termed a
 GL> null-modem cable.

 GL> _______                      ________
 GL> TD|____________________|RD
 GL> RD|____________________|TD
 GL> RTS|____________________|CTS
 GL> CTS|____________________|RTS
 GL> DTR|____________________|DSR
 GL> CD|__               |__|CD
 GL> DSR|__|_________________|DTR
 GL> SG|____________________|SG
 GL> _______|                    |________

 GL> With this arrangement you shouldn't get errors because the RTS signals
 GL> the CTS to start sending data provided that you have drop RTS on disk
 GL> writes enabled. This isn't an option on a lot of comms software and
 GL> could possibly be your problem.

Looks like I misunderstood you, this is indeed a null-modem cable, just a
7 wire one that includes handshaking. (as opposed to the 3 wire one)

 GL> Did you notice if the errors occurred during disk writes?

Sorry, you must be thinking of the original person you were talking to - I
just butted into the conversation :)

Regards,
Simon

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