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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: Need cable info/interface info for Tower 32/600
Message-ID: <1990Oct17.193105.25995@nncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 17 Oct 90 19:31:05 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.150140.1919@holos0.uucp> wdh@holos0.uucp (Weaver Hickerson) writes:
> Can anyone describe the serial cable (DB15 - DB25) for the Tower 32/600
> using a 6-2-1 board? 

They come in 3 different lengths and some half dozen different configurations.
See the 3400 Series Servicing/Installation Guide for the details.

> I also need to know which pin will be deasserted when
> the Tower performs a hardware throttle.  

If IRTS is set RTS is turned off to assert a flow control condition.
Likewise if the remote turns off what the Tower sees as CTS, it will
stop sending.  RTS is pin 2 on the DB-15 connector and CTS is pin 10.
--
	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM