[TriLUG] null modem cable?

[Scott G. Hall]

By the way, a Sparcstation serial port is not exactly the same as a
regular db25 serial port.  My Sparcstations have port-a and port-b
on the same connector, with slightly different pin-out from the
standard used on the PC world, and port-a can be set to synchronous.
See:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SUNERGY/TrCOMM_CPU_Serial_Ports.html

and:
http://www.aggsoft.com/rs232-pinout-cable/serial-cable-connections.htm

You may be able to get away with a regular 25-9-pin IBM-style serial
cable if you use port-a, but I always had better luck fashioning my own.
I know at hamfests and other trade meets Sun cables that break out port-a
and port-b to standard db25 (and db9) connectors are around.  In fact
Stay Online might have them as new.

On 01/09/2005 19:09 EST, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> i'm looking for a female db9 to male db25 null modem cable (to connect 
> my laptop serial port to a sun sparcstation serial port).  if anyone 
> has one lying around i'd appreciate it.  thanks,
> 
> jason

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Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net