I had to solder a fully wired RS232 cable (all 9 pins connected) with flow control, not done that since 1990s
then had a false start as my USB to RS232 adapter was playing upHad to I knew it made some sense recovering the 1990s era laptop from work -(amazingly the main accu still holds charge). I still get a stray ü on the link but have sent text with is:)
