Once apon a time Gary Laming said, 'Ami -> IBM Null errors.' to Ivan
Wheelwright...

 IW> I am using a standard 7 wire NULL modem cable connecting to my
 IW> I am trying to connect to my BBS on the A4000, but the best rate i can

 GL> You are using a null modem cable where what you need is a serial
 GL> cable suitably modified to cross the RD & TD, RTS & CTS and
DSR & DTR
 GL> lines.

 GL> A null modem cable just passes the signals back rather than thru to
 GL> the correct lines.

Hmm, thats news to me. That may indeed be the correct meaning of "null
modem cable" (I dont actually know) but to me it has always meant a cable
which crosses over RD & TD, RTS & CTS etc...what you describe, I would call
a "loopback plug" or "loopback cable"

Regards,
Simon

... God is alive, she just doesn't want to get involved.
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