V35-RS232 cable?

From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com>
Date: Fri Feb 26 08:28:21 1999

At 20:33 25-02-1999 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello, all:
>
> One of my recent acquisitions is a Roytron paper tape punch/reader.
>Before I actually got it, it had a v.35-to-DB25 cable on it . Now it
>doesn't, of course.
>
> I'm ignorant (about many things, but particularly) about v.35, so could
>this have been an RS-232 adapter cable? If so, how could I make one?

        It's not just a simple cable in a case like that. There would also be some
level-shifting electronics involved for at least the data leads because
V.35 is a differential interface.

        I'm a little surprised to hear of a V.35 cable on something like a paper
tape handler. Are you sure the thing really does have a V.35 interface, and
that Roytron didn't just happen to use the same connector that V.35 devices
do?


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