Dear Paul,

on 02.2.19 00.37, 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?

Theoretically 8 pin DIN round connector does this.
9th pin works something else.

You need specially connected cable.
Regular printer cable is a cross cable.  Some of them does not wired
handshake line.


> 
> PS: Is there anyone out there who is successfully using Xon/Xoff in FB3?
> By successfully, I mean is it successfully stopping the output when the
> serial device fills up? For me, everything is great until label #50 or
> so, where data loss occurs due to overflow.

Which side? Printer or Mac?
If Mac side, please raise buffer size.


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