Path: utzoo!attcan!darkover!nebulus!druid!darcy
From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Null Modem
Message-ID: <1990Jan20.125629.9392@druid.uucp>
Date: 20 Jan 90 12:56:29 GMT
References: <1990Jan17.153819.12882@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: darcy@druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
Lines: 31

In article <1990Jan17.153819.12882@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> wall-rt@cscosl.UUCP (Richard Todd Wall) writes:
>
>     I have an IBM PC XT clone running MSDOS 3.3.  I've been trying to
>connect my PC to a terminal I have in my room but I can't even get it
>to direct output out to the terminal.  I have done 
>MODE COM1:1200,E,7,1   and that works ok, but when I type 
>DIR >COM1              it gives a write fault writing device error.
>
I'll suggest the obvious here.  It doesn't matter what your mode statement
is.  The important thing is that it match your terminal.

>     Could someone please tell my how my null modem cable should be
>set up??  I've tried 3 different configurations so I'm open to 
>suggestions.   Thanks.
>
    1 --- 1
    2 --- 3
    3 --- 2
    4 --- 5
    5 --- 4
    6 --- 20
   20 --- 6
    7 --- 7

In some cases you may have to tie 6 & 8 on the same end together as well.

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