[Coco] 25 pin serial to 9 pin serial?

[Mike Rowen]

There are 25 pin serial ports for PCs. If the 25 pin port on the PC has
actual pins (DB-25 male), its likely a serial port. If its a DB-25 female,
then I suspect that Sean is correct and you're dealing with a parallel port.
I just picked up a couple of dual 9 pin serial PCI cards on ebay for about
$15.00 plus shipping. Alternately, if you have USB on your machine, you can
purchase a USB / Serial adapter. Its cheaper to get a 9 pin serial card is
you have the available slot, but both work just fine.

-Mike

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:

> That 25 pin port is most likely a parallel/printer port, I don't think
> any PCs have a 25 pin serial port.  Will the PC side of drivewire
> support that?
>
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Jeremy Michea <jmichea at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> > I'd like to use my drivewire cable on my main computer but it doesn't
> have a 9pin serial connection. My other computer does but I don't have room
> to set up a second computer. My current system does have the 25 pin
> connector. Is there a cable, adaptor, or card of some type that I can get to
> put into this machine so I'll have a 9pin serial port for my coco to use?
> >
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