[lug] PC to PC serial cable?

Sean Reifschneider jafo at tummy.com
Wed Feb 21 17:56:53 MST 2001


On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 04:36:31PM -0700, Alan Robertson wrote:
>> Are the others left unconnected?  Should I snip them or is it safe to
>> have them pass through?  If the latter, which pin should I leave off?
>
>By the way, CompUSA and sometimes Best Buy have a kinda cool Belkin cable
>which has both 9 and 25 pin connectors on each end, so no matter what you
>have, it'll work.  They tend to want between $20 and $30 each unfortunately.

For my crossovers, I usually just go to Radio Shack.  They have the
appropriate cable and a "null modem" adapter that works fine.

Sean
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