I think I have a 25-15 converter already, but yeah a Centronics cable and a null-modem serial cable would be useful. IIRC, they can also be uses for file transfer, or would I need a special parallel cable for that too?
I know there's an option for it somewhere in the settings, I'll have a look and get back to you later. Hamish On 19 March 2023 09:43:06 GMT, Peter Merchant <petermerch...@hotmail.com> wrote: >I have both, hidden away in the garage. Is that a parallel printer(Centronics) >cable that you want, or just a 25way extension cable. >Also somewhere I should have some 25-15 way D-converters if required. (not >exactly sure where they are). > >This is a measure of how technology has changed in the last 15 years. > >Peter > >Just a note. T-bird keeps on wanting to use my yahoo address as the 'from' >address, but I changed the settings of the Yahoo one and now it won't, so I >have to select the hotmail one after it fails. Wish I could get it to default >to Hotmail (which is the top of the list). > > >On 18/03/2023 22:38, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: >> Hi Graeme, >> >> I'm in the market for a parallel cable, and possibly also a null-modem >> serial cable, if you happen to have one. >> >> Hamish >> >> On 18 March 2023 17:08:58 GMT, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: >>> Hi Graeme, >>> >>>> Is there any future in keeping them or should I just take them along >>>> to the recycling centre? >>> The value of copper could be on the rise long term if the >>> electrification of all things continues. >>> >>>> (Spring cleaning under way, and the XYL is getting insistent). >>> Probably best to tip it then, lest XYL becomes a SWMBO. :-) >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, Ralph. >>> >>> -- >>> Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 >>> Check to whom you are replying >>> Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk >>> New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
