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- From: louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam)
- Subject: Re: Am I the only one?
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <0fM1TXe00Vop9cbGQq@andrew.cmu.edu> <1993Jan23.045426.12226@oswego.Oswego.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:16:04 GMT
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- In <1993Jan23.045426.12226@oswego.Oswego.EDU> ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes:
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- >>THEN-- I read the article in the latest MacUser about Powerbooks and
- >>what to bring along when on the road. And they talk about how easy it
- >>is to make your own networking cable. ("For about $75, you can make
- >>your VERY OWN NETWORKING CABLE! Just buy two PhoneNet adaptors,
- >>
- >>Am I missing something? Am I the only one who knows this wonderful
- >>cheap method for hooking up two Macs with just a $10 serial cable?!?
-
- >True, you can run an AppleTalk connection with a printer cable between
- >TWO macs. However, if the desktop mac is part of a larger network,
- >there could be some reason it's owner/administrator may not want you to
- >pull it off the net to hook up your Duo (what if it's an active
- >fileserver, for example). I suspect that's what they had in mind
- >recommending the phone-net hardware.....
-
- Someone told me that it will work with a printer cable, but doing so
- could increase the chance of data transmittion errors. However, I'm
- using a printer cable to connect my PB100 and IIci and I've found
- no problems at all.
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