Mark Lincoln wrote:
> 
> 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.

OK, thank you. And I take it by "cable that supports it" you mean a
9-pin serial cable vs. the more common 8-pin one?

PB