Re: Null modem problems

[Toby Reiter <str4552@OBERLIN.EDU>]

On 11 Dec 1996 pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

> elric@neo.lrun.com (Robert H) wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Just to add to what Sam said, for the IIc+, a null modem cable is synonymous
> >>with a "Macintosh to ImageWriter II" cable (they function the same way).
> >>
> >>Just go to the local computer store and get a Mac->IWII serial cable, plug
> >>one end into the IIc+ and the other into the PC's serial card port, and then
> >>send from the IIc+ to the PC.
> >
> >Is that the same cable that will also hook up to an older //c
> >computer's serial port?  If so, then all I would need to transfer
> >files from a //c to a PC is the above mentioned cable and a null modem
> >adapter, correct?
> >
> >Robert
> 
> Not exactly.  The above mentioned cable IS THE SAME as a null modem cable,
> so you do not have to add a separate null modem adapter at all.
> 
> However, the older //c does not use the same cable as a IIc+ (the IIc+ has
> the same port as the Mac while older //c computers do not).  You will need
> a "//c to ImageWriter II" cable if you have an older //c, but if you use
> such a cable, you won't need a separate null modem adapter.
> 
> Just plug the DIN 5 end into the //c and the DB-25 end into the PC and you
> will be ready.
Hate to hurt your feelings, but an Imagewriter II uses a din8 serial 
port, not the db-25 like a normal PC serial port.  Ergo, what you really 
are looking for is a IIc to ImageWriter I cable in order to transfer to a PC.

Good luck hookin' up!

Toby Reiter