lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) (06/02/90)
Like the title says, I've got a modem (GVC Super Modem 2400) but I need the cable to connect it to my Amy. The back of the modem has a port with the word: RS-232C so I'll assume I need such a cable. :-) do I need a special cable for Amiga hookup (it's an external modem) or will a standard cable do? if so, since I seem to have trouble locating such a beast, anyone have one they wanna sell cheap, or can point me to a nice cheap mail-order place or something? advTHANXance. Wayne -- * // Only /\ |Lord Zar,Commander Of All He Surveys|Stay Alert! Trust * *\\ // /--\MIGA |(and hater of spaces near commas.) |No One! Keep--AHHHH* * \X/ Internet: lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu QuantumLink & Portal: Lord_Zar * * "NOT THE ALLUDIUM Q36 EXPLOSIVE SPACE MODULATOR!" "Yes!" - Wayne and Martin *
a808@mindlink.UUCP (David R. Matthews) (06/04/90)
The modem will work just fine using pins 1-8 + 20. This should be a very cheap cable to buy. It wouldn't suprise me if your old cable worked as well but, make sure that pins 9 and 10 (12 volts) are not going to the modem just to be safe. All else is OK.
coburn@clo.enet.dec.com (John T. Coburn) (06/04/90)
In article <6803@ucrmath.ucr.edu>, lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) writes...
:Like the title says, I've got a modem (GVC Super Modem 2400) but I need the
:cable to connect it to my Amy. The back of the modem has a port with the
:word: RS-232C
:so I'll assume I need such a cable. :-)
:do I need a special cable for Amiga hookup (it's an external modem) or will
:a standard cable do?
A standard able will do OK. There are 2 pins on the serial port that carry
power (pins 9 and 10 have + and - 12 volts). These could be left out of the
cable. I straight through ribbon cable can be made from parts at Radio Shack
for about $15. That is what I did and then cut off pins 9 and 10 on the male
connector. It works just fine...
:
:if so, since I seem to have trouble locating such a beast, anyone have one
:they wanna sell cheap, or can point me to a nice cheap mail-order place or
:something?
It would probably be faster and just as cheap to get the parts for a ribbon
cable and build your own.
:
:advTHANXance.
:
:Wayne
:
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