Date   : Wed, 30 May 2007 01:30:13 +0100
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: PC/Beeb serial cable woe

> Hi Kris,
> 
> I too struggled with this problem and spent ages getting one 
> to work nicely. Various people seem to have had flame wars 
> over how this "should"
> be done in the past - as usual the problem seems to lie in 
> the fact that PCs don't always work as they "should"!
> 
> So when I did I wrote up my experiences see:
> http://www.brahms.demon.co.uk/software
> 
> It is the last article at the bottom of the page "Connecting 
> a BBC to a Linux PC" - Although it discusses Linux the cable 
> works ok with a PC running Windows too
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dom
> 

My cable is the same as Dom's, I used 4 individually screened core cable and
I get a reliable 19,200 baud over 5m. It works on all my PCs including a
1989 vintage 386, I just set the port for CTS/RTS hardware flow control.

Cheers

Dave ;)