Re: Imagewriter vs modem cable

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drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) wrote:
>On Sun, 8 Dec 1996 20:37:48 GMT, jb6z@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (James
>Burtoft) wrote:
>
>>Both are serial cables, right?  Does one have more "wires"
>>going out (like handshaking vs. non-handshaking modem cables?)
>>If so, which has more?
>>
>>Or are they both interchangeable with each other?
>
>I plugged my //c's ImageWriter II cable right into the back of a Mac
>PowerBook, and transferred files just fine at 9600 bps.  I was using
>the ClarisWorks Communications module on the Mac, and MouseTalk on the
>//c.

To clarify what Ed said, the ImageWriter II cable is the SAME as a
null modem cable.  Some wires are switched going from one to the other.
This is why serial transfers between two computers works with a printer
cable (only on a //c, Mac, or IIGS to another computer, though).

Thus, someone wishing to transfer files between two computers should
look for a serial/IWII cable (if they wish to transfer to a Mac from a
//c, Mac, or IIGS, that is).  IIe Super Serial cables work differently
and should not be used in this way (on a SSC, the card can be switched,
not the cabling).

-Scott G.