Re: cable problem

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 2 Oct 1998 14:49:06 GMT, be404@yfn.ysu.edu (Adalbert Goertz) wrote:

>How can I tell whether or not I have a high-speed cable?
>I use a 14.4k/s modem which loses occasional bytes of text.
>So, I select 9.6k/s setting to be sure to get all bytes.
>I ordered a hi-speed cable which did NOT imnprove the
>situation. So, how do I find out what kind of cable I
>actually have?

Well, the manuals for ProTERM and Spectrum both list the pinouts of a
high speed modem cable so you should just have to get a continuity
tester and check that all the pins that are supposed to be connected
together are actually connected.  If you don't have any experience
doing this then you might want to get someone else to do it for you.

>Is there anything else which needs to be considered?

Yes.  What communications program are you using?  Most communications
programs require that you tell them that you are using a high-speed
(sometimes referred to as a hardware handshaking) cable.  If you don't
tell the communications program this, then it won't use the hardware
handshaking pins and you will continue to lose characters.

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