<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes: On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: sampsa at mac.com writes:=20 >=20 >> Clem,=20 >>=20 >> Mark Benson has already volunteered to make the cables at cost - I just >> need to know if the console cables are wired straight across or >> crossover?=20 >=20 DECconnects are a flat 6-conductor cable. The MMJ plugs are attached suc= h > that the same side of the flat cable is inserted into each MMJ plug. Thi= s > provides an implicit signal crossover. So, if your 6 conductor cable had > White, Black, Red, Green, Yellow, Gray conductors, one side would show th= e > colors as I've listed them and the other side would be Gray, Yellow, Gree= n, > Red, Black and White. I thought I've seen straight-through version also, which you can make by ha= ving one of the two connectors "upside down". You might have seen that but it wouldn't work with the myriad MMJ to 25pin and 9pin connectors that DEC had floating about. I believe, if you took a look, that this is all detailed in the OpenVMS FAQ. Stephen Hoffman keeps one of the most up-to-date OpenVMS FAQs (probably because he compiled most of it while he was still in OpenVMS Eng.) on his web site. http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq/vmsfaq.html MMJ specifics: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_025.html#index_x_1818 -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.