13 Apr
2001
13 Apr
'01
7:31 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
RS-232 only.
Actually I think it is supposed to be smart enough to handle serial/modem,
and I don't know about current loop. I haven't tried it with SCSI either,
but stranger things have happened. I think its called a smart comm so
likely SCSI is out.
BTW this cable has NO SWITCHES, its all automatic via some internal
circuit. I forget if it has anythng fancy like LEDs, but definately no
switches or jumpers.
> What
this really says is that in order to connect two devices, you have
>to know
> precisely what you're doing. That's hard, nowadays, when the mfg's
>documents
> are printed in large type on a business card. Things have gone downhill.
Someplace in my "collection" I have a "smart" cable, just plug it in
and it
configures itself for just about anything DB25.