Can you stil lget tyhose LED adapters? At one
time just about every PC=20
 shop sold them=2C but now=2C since RS232 is out of fashion=2C I=3B've nto= 
seen=20
  them on sale for several years.=20
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 I do have one of these devices in a 25 pin personality.  My problem wasn't
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I'ev never seen RS232 tersters or breakout boxes with anything other than
DB25 conenctors. Were there ever ones with DE9 connectors, for example?
  that I didn't know what pin was what on the
system=2C the problem was what =
 pin was what on the connectors I wanted to buy. 
Sure. The point of my (and others) post was that if you get _any_ adapter
you can then use the RS232 tester to figure otu which is TxD and which is
RxD, and if necessary make up an adapter using easy-to-get DB25
conenctors to lin kit to your terminal. That might not be as neat as
having the right adapter, but it will get the thing working.
-tony