Re: Super Serial Card Question?

["General_Failure" <tristan.mumford@gmail.com>]

> Mike T wrote:

>Try the II FAQ's which should provide a wealth of information on serial
>connections and cables.
>
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html

Thankyou! I have been having trouble finding relevent pages.

People have explained the history of the female D25 to me, for which I
am grateful.
I have read through some of the docs on the SSC cable and its various
modes and methods of communications.

What I am confused about is this:
Will the female D25 function as a standard female D25. And if it does,
is this in normal mode or terminal mode?

The reason I bring this up is because one of the articles fuelled the
fire of my confusion. It talked about using a null-modem or a
passthrough cable depending on which mode the card is set.
I fail to see how a null-modem cable can be connected, because they are
female-female.

At any rate I've been needing to make a male-male null modem crossover
cable dongle thingy for ages. Mostly so I can use my Palm to control
devices. It just seems surprisingly difficult to figure out how to make
a male-male one.