Subject: Re: Proper Serial Cable for DECStation 3100?
To: Douglas S. Meade <doug@inforum2.umd.edu>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/09/1999 14:42:44
> One weakness remains.  I didn't have an MMJ6 serial connector, so
> I looked around on the web, and found a distributor who seemed to
> understand what I wanted when I talked with him.  From Stonewall
> Cable, Inc, I bought what was called a "DECServer 90LT (MMJ)"
> which is a short cable that connects the MMJ6 to 25 pin.  The
> 25-pin connector has only 6 pins: 1,2,3,6,7 and 11.  (I'm not
> sure yet *which* of the MMJ6 wires are connected to which pin.)
> 
> I've got that cable connected to a null modem cable that I've
> been using successfully for other serial console setups.

Try not using your null-cable...

	Johnny

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