Re(2): Re(2): [SunRescue] WTB: Type 4 Keyboard Cable

[James Lockwood]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Tim Hauber wrote:

> Oh now come on, I was doing good to remember the acronyms.  If I am

I'm not quoting you on this.  :-)

DTE = Data Terminal Equipment.  Examples include most computers,
      terminals, and printers (dating from a time when a printer
      frequently _was_ a terminal, ala DecWriter).

DCE = Data Communication Equipment.  Modems, serial/parallel converters,
      and most other serial equipment.

Hooking DTE to DCE requires a straight through cable.  Hooking DTE to DTE
back to back (as in a terminal to a computer or two computers to each
other) requires a null-modem cable.  Hooking DCE to DCE back to back is
almost never what you want to do.

-James