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From: mason@ryesone.UUCP (Dave Mason)
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Subject: Re: Office networking ala RS-232
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Date: Mon, 12-May-86 13:53:29 EDT
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> > >First, how many wires would I need?  I was guessing 6 but a lot of
> > >the stuff I've seen suggests 8 (TD,RD RTS, CTS, DSR, SG, DCD,
> > >DTR) or 9 (add FG)...
> > 
> > You can get by with 6 for terminals and modems (TD,RD,DTR,DCD,SG)...
> 
> Actually, only for terminals, you can get by with 3 wires (TD, RD, SG).

I had a client once who only used 2 lines for terminals (TD,RD), and depended
on the building grounds to be close enough (it worked).  We use 4 wires
(TD,RD,SG,DTR) for our terminals, and do basically what henry@utzoo suggested
for straps except that our machine needed some strange jumpers (computer end).
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