Apple //e to PC Null modem cable pinout

[Gary Kratochvil <et@fishhead.com>]

Please respond by email as well as the group. My news provider has been
very poor the last week.

I have an Apple //e with Super Serial Card and need to go to my 9 pin
serial port on my PC. I have the following information from Rubywand
from an earlier message.

>      According to the "Modem Works" manual, there is a special modem cable
> recommended for connecting to a Super Serial Card to get hardware handshaking flow
> control:
> 
> SSC side      Modem side
> 25-pin Dsub   25-pin Male Dsub
> 
>    2 -------> 2
>    3 <------- 3
>    4 -------> 4
>    5 & 8 <--- 5
>    6 <------- 8
>    7 <------> 7
>    20 ------> 20

I do have the SSC card for the Apple so I'm assuming I use the pinout
above and the "Modem side" is my PC. I have a 9 pin serial port on the
PC. I also have a 25 to 9 pin adapter to use. Does "5 & 8 <--- 5" mean I
need to jump 5 & 8 to 5? I've read the info in the FAQ's about the dip
switch settings for the SSC. On SW1 and SW2 there is 1-8 on one side of
the switch and "open" on the other. Does the dip switch set to "open"
mean on? What transfer rate is max? I don't think I have an accelerator
chip so am I maxed at 4800?

I also have pinout information for a 25 to 9 pin cable from Teodor
Angeloff who wrote the Apple Oasis program. His suggestion for the cable
construction is below. I don't understand some of the symbols used. Can
someone please clarify?

Here is the Null Modem connection:

PC  (DB-9)                   Apple*(DB-25)

 RxD (2) ---------------------- TxD (2)
 TxD (3) ---------------------- RxD (3)
 GND (5) ---------------------- GND (7)

I understand the part above but not the part below.

 RTS (7) --\                /-- RTS (4)
 CTS (8) --/                \-- CTS (5)

 CD  (1) --\                /-- DSR (6)
 DSR (6) --+                +-- DTR (20)
 DTR (4) --/                \-- CD  (8)

I don't understand the "--\ /-- --+ +--" notations. Does this mean
something other than connecting pin 7 to pin 4 in the first line?

Thank you for your time,

Gary