Re: 25 pin serial to 9 pin serial?

From: Leon The Peon (noemail_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 09/20/03 

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:43:47 +1000

"Michael Soibelman" <mike@local.host> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.09.18.16.57.51.166931@local.host...
> I have an old pen plotter (Houston Instrument DMP-50) which has a 25 pin
> serial port. Can I hook this up to a 'modern' 9 pin serial connector? Is
> there a connector/adaptor I can use?

yes., becareful , some of these are only just enough pins for a mouse ( 4or
so) and hence might not be good enough for you plotter .. if you want
rts/cts flow control , dtr and dsr status lines...

> Or is there some other way to hook
> up to the port?

You can make a 3 wire cable for yourself - probably the thing only supports
xon/xoff flow control and doesnt give a damm about dtr. 

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