Date   : Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:15:07 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: bbc tapes

"Tom Drage" <drage@...> wrote:
> My cable works fine between two cassette players!
 
Err... well, yes, it would. You're connecting a device to another
of the same device, so of course you need a cross-over lead,
because you need to connect the input of one to the *output* of
the other, whether it is two tape recorders, two computer serial
ports or two video recorders:
 
    +--------------------- 3 Sound out
    | +------------------- 5               Tape
    | | +----------------- 2 0v          Recorder
    | | | +--------------- 4 Sound in       1
    | | | | +------------- 1 Sound in
    | | | | |
    | | | | |
    | | | | +------------- 3 Sound out
    | | | +--------------- 5               Tape
    | | +----------------- 2 0v          Recorder
    | +------------------- 4 Sound in       2
    +--------------------- 1 Sound in
 
You're trying to connect two dissimilar devices. The convention for
this (and the implementation on the BBC) is a *straight-through* lead. 
Try it.  Go on!  Gowangwangowangowangowan!
 
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