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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Using a laptop in place of a DEC terminal
Date: 8 Dec 1998 01:29:03 GMT
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In article <74hpg8$4bo$1@news.ncal.verio.com>, Den <dirvine@psln.com> wrote:
: Just be sure you get the right kind of cable. I may be wrong but I think
: most DEC terminals used a "crossover" type cable and the PC may need a
: "straight thru" type cable.
:
It's worse than than. Like I said in my original response, you need a
specific kind of cable, with PC-style (not Mac style) DB-9 on one end and MMJ
(DEC special asymmetric RJ-45) on the other, DEC part number H8585-AA. It
works with a PC -- that's what it's for.
- Frank