Re: Cross-works cable pinouts

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <846892834.15513@dejanews.com>,  <dburns@ils.net> wrote:
>I've recently dug up an old Cross-works cable and software to move some 
>AppleWorks database files over to my P.C.. One problem though.....most of the 
>wires have come off the PC end. I'm not really a wiz at cabling so I was 
>wondering if anyone knew which wires went to which pin.  
>The PC connector is a 25-pin male.  

   I have the pinouts for A2 and PC style serial ports on my set of
pinouts page on the WWW at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/pinouts.html   With a multimeter,
you can determine which wire should go where.

   It's a simple null modem, so all transmits on one side get connected
to a recieve on the other end, and vice versa. 

Nathan Mates
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