[vox-tech] more newbie questions

[Joey Karalius]

I have an extra serial port (9-pin), and I was looking for a 9-pin to 
25-pin cable.  That was when I ran across these serial to USB cables 
which looked pretty cool, especially since I have extra USB ports. 
(Henry, I'll take you up on your offer for the cable.  Let me know when 
and where to get it...)

A followup question:  Since the 25-pin SP connection is the same as the 
PP connection, can I hook my PP ZIP drive to the SP, and my SP modem to 
the PP?  When is a serial port not a parallel port, and vice versa? 
I've got the ZIP drive-to-printer hookup on my parallel port, and want 
to use my scanner as well, but I understand that daisy-chaining these 
things slows down performance.  If I expand my port selection with 
another card,  do I need to get a PP card for PP devices, and SP for SP 
devices? (I mean, if the shoe fits...) ;)  I just want to understand a 
little more 'bout the hardware.

Thanks to all who helped...

Joey

Henry House wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:44:44AM -0700, Joey Karalius wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>2) I bought a serial external modem, and I'm shopping for a cable. It 
>>has the 25-pin connection on the back and I think I want to go with the 
>>USB to serial cable, since I have a couple empty USB ports.  Is there 
>>any reason I can't go with that setup?
>>
> 
> I take it your serial port is in use? In theory this should work fine, but
> rather than search for such a non-standard and proabably costly cable (really
> an adapter, since USB and RS232 serial are electrically different), I suggest
> you peer inside your machine to see if there are pins for attaching an
> additional serial port. Most modern machines have only one physical serial
> port, but many system boards do have a controller for a second, which may be
> brought into existance by installing a piece of metal containing a molded
> serial port and a ribbon cable to plug into the mother board, the entire
> device shaped to fit into a PCI slot in the back of the case.
> 
> I have a spare nine-pin to 25-pin serial cable in my office that I will
> gladly give to yo if you like, if you decide to follow my suggestion.
> 
> 


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