[rescue] SGI serial Q

[Kurt Huhn]

> A rollover cable is a length of flat telco cable with 8 conductors, and
> 2 connectors arranged like this:

Finally!!  The cable has a name!  w00t!

> So, when you bring the connectors next to each other, the orientation of
> the pins should be mirror images of each other.  That is, the color of
> wire connected to pin 8 on one should be the color of wire connected to
> pin 1 on the other.

Time to make a cable...

Thanks!
-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com