Re: Dead serial ports?

["A.J." <naijireja@yahoo.com>]

Well,

I purchased a Mac modem cable, a PC modem cable, and I made my own null
modem adapter exactly according to the FAQ.  Still no go.

I tried several different operating systems, including XP and Linux.
Nope.  Not one character transferred.

Maybe I should give up on this, as I think that my GS serial ports are
dead.  Is there any reliable way to test them?

A.J. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How common is it for an Apple IIGS serial port to be dead?  I tried
> hooking up a null cable assembly to a PC, and no matter what settings
I
> tried (and I did ensure that settings lined up correctly betwen PC
and
> GS), I couldn't get the machines to communicate.  I'm using a WinXP
PC
> with HyperTerminal.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm blaming the cable assembly at this point.  I
> purchased the following cables and hooked them up together:
>
> Apple serial adapter, with 8-DIN male and DB-9 female connectors
> gender changer, with DB-9 male connectors, and
> null modem cable, with DB-9 female connectors.
>
> I tried omitting the gender changed and null modem cable and things
> still didn't work.
> Any ideas?
> 
> --naijireja
> 
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