Re: //c to IBM cable wiring needed

["Chris Schumann" <whizkid@no.spam.dwave.net>]

I cut the handshake signals and still no luck.

Now I'll have to actually figure out which pins to
short to fake out the PC so it will actually send data.

Bah.

Chris

Jeff Blakeney <CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote in message
news:385d5aba.3943684@news...
> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:45:42 -0600, "Chris Schumann"
> <whizkid@no.spam.dwave.net> wrote:
>
> >Well. I have a cable that works from the IIc to a real
> >external modem. The PC talks to the modem. Typing on the
> >IIc appears on the PC.
> >
> >And yet, typing on the PC does not appear on the IIc.
> >
> >Any clues, anyone?
>
> I would say guess that it is a handshake line problem but I'm not
> entirely sure what signals the file://c uses.  I had this problem when I
> first tried to make a modem cable for my IIgs where the computer
> refused to send any data to the modem because it was getting a signal
> that told it that the modem wasn't ready to receive any data.
>
> The reason your PC is still able to send data is that it isn't getting
> any signals telling it that the file://c isn't ready to receive any data.
>
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