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- From: maarten@fwi.uva.nl (Maarten Carels)
- Subject: Re: Linking SE/30 with Classic II
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.104422.20653@fwi.uva.nl>
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- References: <1992Nov19.085527.12367@wuecl.wustl.edu> <1992Nov19.144029.17608@husc3.harvard.edu> <Bxzsy9.757@news.udel.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:44:22 GMT
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- johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.144029.17608@husc3.harvard.edu> mcrae@husc8.harvard.edu writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.085527.12367@wuecl.wustl.edu>, har1@cec2.wustl.edu (Hasnol Abdul Rahman) writes:
- >>> I have a question for you all out there. I want to link a SE/30
- >>> with Classic II. What is the best way to do so? I just want to
- >>In Steven Bobker's article in the "Bridges" section of the October '92
- >>MacUser, he says that "what is sold as an ImageWriter II connector cable"
- >>will do the trick. I guess it makes the same pin-to-pin connections as the
- >>LocalTalk or PhoneNet connectors would.
- >Wrong. An ImageWriter II cable running between two macs will function
- >as a null modem connector, letting the user link the machines over a
- >serial connection (ie, two terminal apps, etc.).
- >
- >Localtalk cables are wired differently, and have fewer pins.
- >The connector boxes contain terminating resistors that
- >automagically work when only one device is connected. It's a
- >different setup for a different purpose.
- True, but when using ONLY TWO NODES it will work. So, when connecting a single
- mac to a (AppleTalk) printer, or just two macs together, it will work.
- Don't say it won't, I've used setups like this many times.
-
- --maarten
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- In real life: Maarten Carels
- Computer Science Department
- University of Amsterdam
- email: maarten@fwi.uva.nl
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