Re: LZ: Re: Wade Burch
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Re: LZ: Re: Wade Burch
Sorry bud.. Parallell ports on your comp are the female end. The cables
have the pins. I think youre talking about a DB25 serial port which is
male.
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Andrew Haninger wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Erika Rogers wrote:
>
> > WADE BURCH wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow, I just got Zshell! I love it. But, I do have a problem. I can't get
> > > my link to work. I had to use a friends to get zshell. I have attempted
> > > both a parallel and a serial link. The parallel link worked fine with
> > > Andreas Westfield's linktest, but when I tried to use link85xp, I kept
> > > getting a transmission error. I think it has something to do with my
> > > computer, though, because I was able to get it to work on a different
> > > computer. Does anyone know if my parallel port itself is causing the
> > > problem? I'm using an IBM 486-66. If anyone has a suggestion, please tell me.
> > >
> > > Wade Burch
> > > burch@mobbs.com
> >
> > I made a parallel link and had a similar problem. The linktest worked
> > but I always got a transmission error (I was using my Pentium 166). I
> > tried it on my 486 and it worked. I read somewhere that it does not work
> > on Pentiums because the Parallel port is somehow different.
> > --
> > Erika
> > http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/erika/erika.html
> we've got a pentium100 and we've got a 386dx40. the only one that works
> for me is the pentium. i think it depends on the cable you have plugged
> into the comport. we have one that comes out and has the "male" part and
> you put the "female" graphlink into that and it works fine. with the other
> one, i have to use some adapter that comes with it and it doesn't work. i
> don't care though.
>
>
>
> Andy Haninger
> aka &y
> ahaning@freenet.columbus.oh.us
>
>
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