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Re: Will serial printer cable work for modem?



In article <33EE1E46.F19@ieighty.net>,
Legacy Ironstone  <legacy@ieighty.net> wrote:
>I have a standard apple //c -> imagewriter cable, and I'm wondering if 
>it'll also work (perhaps with some adaptors) to connect up to a modem. 
>Can it work? And if not, can someone tell me the pinouts to build a //c 
>//c -> modem cable.

   As a printer cable is essentially a modem cable plus a null modem
built in, you'll need to stick another null modem between the two
devices to make it a modem cable again.

Nathan Mates

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