Re: Imagewriter vs modem cable

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <E243z0.84G@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
James  Burtoft <jb6z@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU> 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?

   A printer cable is a modem cable with a null-modem built in. Very
much non-interchangeable unless you use an even number of printer
cables and null modems.

Nathan Mates
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