I've repaired coax cables with good success using aluminum foil and heat shrink tubing.
I guessed that that would work but I was looking for a smart solution. Shielding sticky tape?
One should be able to find a null modem adapter pretty easily and avoid having to use a hacked cable.
The OP was connecting a PowerBook (8 pin mini DIN) to PC (9 pin D). That sort of cable is hard to find nowadays. Ditto, pin over adapters. (Also a reason why some of us have cabinets full of old cables.)
Why is the lowest baud rate 57600? That doesn't make sense to me.
Possibly the software designer concluded that 57,600 was the lowest worthwhile speed? When you get slow, you are shifting files not directories of stuff. And when you are shifting a few files, why not use XMODEM or ZMODEM?
