<para>If you like making your own cables, you can construct

	  <para>If you prefer making your own cables (for quality purpose for

	    a null-modem cable for use with

	    example), you can construct a null-modem cable for use with terminals.

	    terminals.  This table shows the RS-232C signal names and the pin

	    This table shows the RS-232C signal names and the pin numbers on a

	    numbers on a DB-25 connector.</para>

	    DB-25 connector.  A warning though: the standard also calls for a

	    straight-through pin 1 to pin 1 <quote>protective ground</quote>

	    line, but it is often omitted.  Some terminals can get by using only

	    pins 2, 3 and 7, while others require different configurations than

	    the example shown below.</para>

	  <para>If the proposed design seems to be the most popular, others tend

	  to prefer a generic null-modem design like that, except it has pins 4

	  and 5 going to pin 8 and vice versa, as explained in the book

	  <quote>RS-232 Made Easy</quote>, published by

	  <ulink url="http://www.prenhall.com/">Prentice Hall</ulink>, 1991.

	  ISBN: 0137498543.</para>

		  <entry>6</entry>

		  <entry>8</entry>

		  <entry>DSR</entry>

		  <entry>DCD</entry>