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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: RS232 cable wanted for attaching anything to anything
Message-ID: <1874@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 08:04:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: lsuc.1874
Posted: Wed Jun 17 08:04:06 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jun-87 01:47:29 EDT
References: <2297@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
Lines: 25
Summary: "orgy cable"

In article <2297@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.UUCP writes:
>I am looking for a "smart cable" which will attach any RS232
>device to any other (modulo very wierd stuff) without wiring
>or jumpering.  I'm tired of spending half an hour soldering on
>cables every time I hook up a terminal or modem.

Of course, you really mean DB25's only, right? Otherwise
you need a cable with 15-pin, 9-pin, 5-pin and all kinds of
other ends, any of which can be used. Now *that* would give
you some flexibility :-)

>I have located a $50 "Smart Cable" which does 95% of this; it has a
>plastic box with a few LEDs and two switches.  Unfortunately,
>while it has both male and female connectors on one end, the
>other end must be ordered one way or the other...
>Anybody found a place that does it right?

They do exist. We had a salesman a couple of years ago demo'ing
a printer, and he had one with both sexes at each end. He said
they call them "orgy cables".

David Sherman
Toronto
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