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Re: Want: //e-to-Mac null modem cable



In article <ttlotz-ya02408000R2102971937530001@news>, ttlotz@telis.org
(Theo Lotz) wrote:

> > yes, but unless it's a null-modem cable (probably not) you need a null
> > modem adapter. You can get them at Radio Shack or any other computer
> > store. try to find one that is DB-25 to DB-25. If you can only find
> > a DB-9 null modem adapter then you'll have to get a 25 to 9 adapter and
> > a 9 to 25 adapter too.
> 
> --would I just put the adapter on the //e, then plug the cable into it?

The adapter would have one female DB-25 side and one male DB-25 side.
Just put it between the serial card and the DB-25 end of your cable.

> > -- 
> > W. Sheldon Simms III   |   2000 is *still* the 20th century
> > sheldon@atlcom.net     |   What about year 0?  0-99 is first, then 100
> starts the second, therefore 2000 starts the 21st.

Aha, but there was no year 0. 1AD immediately followed 1BC. That's
exactly why the year 2000 is the last year of the 20th century.

-- 
W. Sheldon Simms III   |   2000 is *still* the 20th century
sheldon@atlcom.net     |