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  1. Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pageworks.com!world!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bc2t+
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  4. Message-ID: <0fNnAp_00aw60iLEo=@andrew.cmu.edu>
  5. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:13:25 -0500 
  6. From: "Brian J. Cardanha" <bc2t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
  7. Subject: Re: PhoneNET
  8. In-Reply-To: <tcora-270193104206@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>
  9. References: <JOHNSON-210193142404@jmm4.ahabs.wisc.edu> <yiZwXB3w165w@bluemoon.use.com> <C1GKzy.Gvx@cs.vu.nl>
  10.     <tcora-270193104206@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>
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  13. In article <C1GKzy.Gvx@cs.vu.nl>, abbestee@cs.vu.nl (Wouter Abbestee)
  14. wrote:
  15. > Hello,
  16. > 
  17. > Isn't it possible to use a stylewriter-cable to hook up two macs? Or
  18. could this dammage the powersupply?
  19.  
  20. The only thing that would be bad, is if both the computers try and send
  21. information at the exact same time.  But since the information is sent
  22. in small bursts (3 to 4 microseconds), the chances of this happening are
  23. rather slim.  And no, that won't damage the power supply, the port is
  24. designed to handle spikes of 25v at 150 mA, so don't worry about the
  25. power supply.  I've actually done this, so that I could play against a
  26. friend in Spectre.
  27.  
  28. Hope that helps,
  29. Brian Cardanha
  30. bc2t@andrew.cmu.edu
  31.