Re: Null modem problems

[pubpc1@library.ucla.edu]

elric@neo.lrun.com (Robert H) wrote:
>
>>
>>Just to add to what Sam said, for the IIc+, a null modem cable is synonymous
>>with a "Macintosh to ImageWriter II" cable (they function the same way).
>>
>>Just go to the local computer store and get a Mac->IWII serial cable, plug
>>one end into the IIc+ and the other into the PC's serial card port, and then
>>send from the IIc+ to the PC.
>
>Is that the same cable that will also hook up to an older //c
>computer's serial port?  If so, then all I would need to transfer
>files from a //c to a PC is the above mentioned cable and a null modem
>adapter, correct?
>
>Robert

Not exactly.  The above mentioned cable IS THE SAME as a null modem cable,
so you do not have to add a separate null modem adapter at all.

However, the older //c does not use the same cable as a IIc+ (the IIc+ has
the same port as the Mac while older //c computers do not).  You will need
a "//c to ImageWriter II" cable if you have an older //c, but if you use
such a cable, you won't need a separate null modem adapter.

Just plug the DIN 5 end into the //c and the DB-25 end into the PC and you
will be ready.

:)

-Scott G.