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Kermit! (shudder). I have some horrid memories of trying to deal with non-universal serial buses like RS-232, transferring files using ZModem or LapLink. Kids today have no idea how lucky they are, now we have a Universal Serial Bus (USB) that does just about anything.

If you're a kid of today who has to deal with business/carrier grade routers, you still need to know your way around a null-modem cable as they continue to be used as OOB access (and generally also as a file transfer mechanism if you mess up firmware upgrades through the more friendly channels).

Null modem cable. I've got them, but not used one in ten years or more since the days of Win98. I didn't even realise that would work in Vista / 7
I know a parallel crossover won't work, I'd assumed a COM port crossover wouldn't as well