23 May
1998
23 May
'98
11:16 a.m.
On Sat, 23 May 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Well, it is reasonably logical, and means that, physical interference
aside, you can plug your external modem directly into the 25-pin serial
port. The cable simply puts it in a more convenient location.
- don
It's
simple:
DB-25 male: serial port
DB-25 female: parallel port
Can you please explain, then, why all my modems have female connetors?
Surely I shouldn't connect them to a parallel port ?
(Yes, I know about DTE vs DCE. I'm just making sure you do :-))
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
-tony