Re: Null Modem Apple IIGS>PC Question...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Astro writes ...
> 
> Anyone Riddle Me This...
> 
> Does a Null Modem connection between a PC and an Apple IIGS require
> that the IIGS has a modem installed, or does it run right out of the
> [telephone icon] port of the IIGS...?
> 
 ....

     The modem cable plugged into the telephone icon port on the IIgs goes to
a NULL modem connector which goes to a modem cable connected to the PC COM-1
or COM-2 port. No actual modem is required.

     The NULL modem connector is just an adaptor or cable which swaps around
Transmit and Receive lines plus a few control lines. Each computer running a
telecom terminal 'thinks' the other computer is a modem.

     For more information, see the Telecom files (e.g. Csa2T1TCOM and
Csa2T2TCOM) on one of the FAQs sites:


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