Re: PC to GS serial xfer progress report

["GarberStreet" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"bw" <bwegher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: "Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: > After all that, I expected...
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: > "priceless"
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: Exactly my thought at the time.
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: BTW, found a commercially available cable with the correct connectors to
: patch a male DB9 PC port directly to miniDin8 serial port on GS.
: BELKIN COMPONENTS F3I424-06
:
http://www.amongelectronics.com/best/price/OpID_mpbr/mTRN_TRN200211040825326
26954284/sfx_6818/price_electronics.aspx
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: Note that I do NOT know if the thing is wired correctly for hardware
: handshaking.

Probably not, most like a straight through cable. Just needs a null adapter.
I've done wonder with a TX-RX and RX-TX with GND, and software
handshaking does wonders.

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