on 2/18/02 10:37 AM, Paul Bruneau at paul_bruneau@... wrote:

> Because I've been having trouble with Xon/Xoff handshake, I thought I'd
> give hardware handshaking a try. I have been using DIN to DB-25 adapter
> cables to hook my serial printers to my Macs. I remember that to use
> hardware handshaking used to require a special nine-pin serial cable on
> the Mac side. Is this correct or does a "regular" 8-pin DIN type of
> cable work?

I know that to use hardware handshaking with a modem, one still has to have
a cable that supports it.  Perhaps the same cable can be used with a
printer, but that's pure speculation on my part.

Mark Lincoln