Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tadtec!tjfs From: tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: RS232 to modem connection Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 89 09:59:43 GMT References: Sender: tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele) Organization: Tadpole Technology plc Lines: 19 In-reply-to: tjfs@tadtec.uucp's message of Wed, 13 Sep 89 11:45:35 GMT Whoops, I finished up that posting quickly and as a result made a silly blunder. In article tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele) writes: > Both the terminal and the computer are DTE devices (and should of > course be male), so they usually end up being connected with a "null > modem" cable, which is female-female wired straight through. Sorry! That should of course read 'female-female wired with the appropriate signals crossed over, usually 1-1 2-3 3-2 4-5 5-4 6-20 7-7 20-6'. Tim -- tjfs@tadtec.uucp ..!uunet!mcvax!ukc!tadtec!tjfs Tadpole Technology plc, Titan House, Castle Park, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0AY, UK Phone: +44-223-461000 Fax: +44-223-460727 Telex: TADTEC G