[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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