Re: apple II super serial card and null modem cable

["J Church" <jc@ljchurch.co.invalid.uk>]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:55:20 +0200, Cathy & Frank  
<trienbach@(enleverceci-removethis)evc.net> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> I just bought :
> - an apple IIe
> - a super serial card
>
> I already have a null-modem cable (female db25 or db9 to female db25 or  
> db9)
>
> seems the super serial card has a FEMALE connector  !
>
>
> will a simple male-male adapter do the trick ? or are PC's null modem  
> cable
> incompatible with apple II SSC card, and only self made cables work ?

Yeah, I ran into the same problem - most off-the-shelf null modem cables  
have female DB25's too.  So you can either

1. buy a "gender changer"
2. get custom cables
3. use a standard PC modem cable, and turn the jumper block on the SSC to  
point to terminal.

I went for 3.

hope that helps

Julian