On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:31:51PM +0100, Mel wrote:
> At the risk of sounding stupid, how can I tell if it's a NULL modem cable
> or not?
if you dereference it you'll get a core dump.
ok, ok, what i do is take two computers i know work and hook them together
with the cable. when i run minicom/cu on each side and can communicate
back and forth then i know it works.
kevin
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