Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!rice-chex!bson From: bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: DTE48 and Packet Keywords: terminal packet radio null-modem Message-ID: <12433@life.ai.mit.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 14:51:47 GMT References: <1990Dec13.020335.13500@isis.cs.du.edu> <2767f396:1436.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Organization: nil Lines: 11 In article <2767f396:1436.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> akcs.tyrone@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Tyrone Johnson) writes: > Also, how would you use DTE48 with a modem? I think this qualifies for the FAQ list... Your PC is DTE, and your modem is DCE. You need to insert a null modem (~$8 at my local Radio Shack). You may also need a gender changer.