OK, going to sound stupid here, but why not just buy a null modem cable for less than $10? Or a gender changer for less than $5? -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:41 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Iomega "autodetect" cable internals Has anyone dissected one of the blue Iomega 25-way cables that are marked "AutoDetect" at the female connector end? I've got one in the junk pile and on a meter it checks out as though it's wired with a 1:1 pin mapping, but I assume the "AutoDetect" label means that it has some kind of smarts embedded into one end or the other (or both) which only work their magic under certain conditions. I'm on the hunt for a DB25 male connector and bit of multi-way cable so I can wire up a null modem cable for the QX-10 [1] - if it's all at the female end then that's good because I'd be lopping that end off anyway... [1] which has a DB25 female RS232 port, and of course the only gender-changers I have here are DE9s, no DB25's... :-) cheers Jules ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6062 - Release Date: 01/27/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6062 - Release Date: 01/27/13