Questions on Null Modem Cable for Palm IIIx

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Until I can get (afford) a good GPS with mapping capabaility for my
motorcycle I'm having to build an interim solution with the hardware I
currently have which is a Palm IIIx and a Garmin GPS 12.
I already have the data cable for the Garmin to connect to a PC which
terminates in a female DB9 serial connector.
From an earlier post, I understand, I think I will need a PalmIII Null Modem
Cable with a male connector to successfully connect the two. I searched the
pc-mobile web site, but couldn't find such an animal.

Do you know where I can buy one of these?

Also, how tight of a connection can I expect the null modem cable to make to
the Palm? From looking at the connector in the base of the unit where it
mates with the cradle, I'm having a hard job visualizing how any connection
there would be very snug.

Tks again.....

Howard

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"SH" <Howard-evans@xxxcomcast.netxxx> crawled to the nearest keyboard
and summoned the courage to write:

>Until I can get (afford) a good GPS with mapping capabaility for my
>motorcycle I'm having to build an interim solution with the hardware I
>currently have which is a Palm IIIx and a Garmin GPS 12.
>I already have the data cable for the Garmin to connect to a PC which
>terminates in a female DB9 serial connector.
>From an earlier post, I understand, I think I will need a PalmIII Null Modem
>Cable with a male connector to successfully connect the two. I searched the
>pc-mobile web site, but couldn't find such an animal.

Or just use the regular cable and put a null modem at the DB9 end.

If you're solder-aware, buy a DB9 connector and shell, chop off the
original DB9 then attach the new DB9 swapping pins 2 and 3.


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