RE: Connect via ASCII controller and modem

["Orr, Rod" <ROrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Also, relying on distant/dim memory

The cable from modem to AWSC is not so unusual if you understand that the
AWSC functions as a DCE (not DTE).
Therefore the connection to modem is DCE-to-DCE i.e. Male to Male with
crossover.
It is in fact a standard DCE-DCE cable (albeit not so common)
Therefore if using a "std" serial cable you would need to add a gender
bender plus a Xover box (maybe in the one).

(the benefit of this arrangement was when you connected terminals directly,
you didn't need to use xover cables, but nevertheless anyone used to using
async devices got totally confused)

The other aspect is whether you are configured for 3-wire 4-wire (or
whatever the options are) and your "std" cable has the right amount of
wires.

Rod Orr

-----Original Message-----
From: RP@witc.edu [mailto:RayPeterson@gmx.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, 1 July 2002 11:22 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Connect via ASCII controller and modem

>  When I got the machine it had an ASCII workstation
>controller attached and 4 Hayes 9600 modems connected.  The modems have a
>small device connected to the cable running to the ASCII workstation
>controller that looks like a gender switcher.




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