12 Jul
2023
12 Jul
'23
10 a.m.
On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 at 12:33, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
because my reading edge connects via serial port on the computer, to a parallel port on the back of the reading edge.
No, it doesn't. You can't directly connect a serial port to a parallel port. What you probably have is a 9 pin serial cable (IBM PC pinout) to a 25 pin serial port (EIA/RS 232 standard pinout). (Just in case you have to describe it in the future.)
was amazed that I found a new cable in fact, for like $14 no less.
They were quite common, because of the two connector/pinout standards, so they're probably still readily available. I have a number of them lying around. -- Scott