[SWLUG] Responses

[Justin Mitchell]

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 14:52, andrew sprott wrote:
> > > I have a Psion serial cable and a Garmin Serial cable, but I don't know if
> > > I can simply connect them straight through pin per pin.
> >
> >There are two genders of rs232, as well as and seperate to the two sexes
> >of connector used, but theres no easy way to tell exactly which each end
> >is really without trying it.
> 
> The Psion specs say it's a rs232 serial port. But your right the cable could
> crossed over.

Well, a little logical thought about it:

The cables for both devices will be designed to plug into a PC
Therefore they will both be the same gender and sex
Therefore you WILL* need a null-modem connector 

* No guarantees tho ;)