Re: Pinout of straight thru serial cable

Randy Martin ( randy@austintx.net )
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:23:47 -0500

At 08:40 AM 7/14/98 +0800, you wrote:
>I tried using a cable labeled Pin to Pin - or what you might possibly call a
>Straight Thru pinout. But it doesn't work.
>
>So I was hoping maybe someone knowledgable could show me the right pinout.
>
>Danny Sinang
>

If you want to connect two computers together with a cable, you must swap
the Rx and Tx pins on one end of the cable. The easiest way to do this is
to just buy a Null Modem cable with two female connectors and plug it in.

Regards,
Randy

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Endre Palfi <endre@ufonet.net>
>To: 'ntisp@iea-software.com' <ntisp@iea-software.com>
>Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 8:31 AM
>Subject: RE: Pinout of straight thru serial cable
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>>Let me guess: "Straight Thru" (is this a joke?)
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>>> From: Danny Sinang[SMTP:danny@uplink.com.ph]
>>> Reply To: ntisp@iea-software.com
>>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 5:21 PM
>>> To: NTISP
>>> Subject: OT: Pinout of straight thru serial cable
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know what the pinout of a straight thru serial cable
>>> looks like
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Danny Sinang
>>>
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