Jim, check the part number and color of the cable you bought. You want the
gray cable, P/N 20-289. If you got the black cable, P/N 20-048 (usually
comes bundled with a CD), then you got or were sold the wrong cable. If you
got the 20-289 and it doesn't work, and you are sure that the problem
doesn't come from the computer, then you got a bum cable. Many times, the
people experiencing problems with cables that should work (and I'm not
talking about just the R/S cable) are actually having com port problems. In
my case, the HotSync program for my Palm PDA was grabbing and not releasing
the com port. Once I disabled that, the cable worked fine. I'd try the
cable on different computers before declaring it bad, but if it is, take it
back and exchange it.

Mark



"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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That's wierd, I wonder if they are new different cables, I also bought one
from RS and found later that none of their cables support the scanner. The
one I had purchased did not work at all, nothing, now I am wondering was
it
busted.

"Phil Irey" wrote in message
m...
The #20-289 cable from Radio Shack does work. I just bought one on
Thursday and it works fine with my Pro-95. I had to look in 4
different stores before I found the cable.

Check out the following link for more information on cables that can
be used with the Pro-95:
http://www.starrsoft.com/freeware/Wi...es/cables.html

phil

"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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The cable from radioshack does not work, repeat now matter what they
said it
will not work. Search google for the cable. I am also using the WIN95
software with a cable from a company in california and it works great!

"JQ" wrote in message
...
I just got a pro-95 on sale today, but some things I've seen on the
web
mention problems with getting software to interface with the
scanner.

The guy at the store referred me to the site www.pro-92.com, and he
said
there's a link on it to the pro-95 software.

On the radio shack website they show cable #20-289 out of stock, and
my
local store couldn't order it either.

So, is there an easy method to get a cable and software to interface
with
the pro-95 or should I just return the darn thing?

Thanks!