Mike McCarty wrote:
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
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It's left as an exercise for the reader to dissect a cable and settle the crossover/straight-through/termination questions. My eyes are too old for that kind of crap -- especially at this hour.
All one really needs to do is read the spec.
Mike: Having started in the pre-CP/M era, I've always been skeptical about how faithful manufacturers are in honoring specifications. (I've got a box full of old RS232 cables and adapters. No two of them are identical.) -- cmg