See this guy's page: http://linkcables.ticalc.org/linkhints.html >I just got a ti 86 and I just made a parallel port w/ silicon diodes >following the schematic...but whenever I try to send or receive anything >on the cable using w32tran8x, I get a error message 38 LINK TRANSMISSION >ERROR...Everything is plugged in fine and there isn't any loose >connections...I was wondering if anyone can help???