Very true. -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 2:50 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Ethan Dicks Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] A/B switch for ribbon cable? On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:37 PM, William Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Yes, but he said he only needs 20 pins.
You have to be sure to use the correct 20 out of 25 or sadness ensues. -ethan
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 1:57 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Ethan Dicks Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] A/B switch for ribbon cable?
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:22 PM, systems_glitch via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
You can probably use a 25-pin A/B switch (super common, used for switching a printer between two PCs) and just make up cables for it. Just make sure it's the printer variety, with all pins switched -- some of the ones intended for RS-232 don't switch every single pin.
Right. Check all pins. Even on the "full" ones, some of them have 24-pole switches not 25-pole.
-ethan
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