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- From: Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: cat >> faq
- Message-ID: <715687368.F00002@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 02:39:27 -0500
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- ir> here's a faq for you list-starters, as it seems there isn't one in
- ir> place yet for this
- ir> group.
- ir>
- ir> i have hated macs, just for the record, since their inception due to
- ir> their mysterious user interface which sacrifices direct control and
- ir> knowledge of the cpu's workings for a tv-like, channel-switching
- ir> mindlessness mode of operation. i'm not a mac person, i really hate
- ir> the ibm lionfood community, and have even given up reading
- ir> comp.sys.apple2 as apple seems to've largely abandoned the line for
- ir> the greater profits to be gotten from the ignorant mac masses. but a
- ir> friend has a powerful one, and i wanna get him telecomputing. so,
- ir> here goes:
- ir>
- ir> how does one hook a mac2 serial (rs422) port to the ol' 25-pin
- ir> rs-232-c on so many a-modem? is it different than the older macs?
- ir> there's a file on it at apple's ftp site, but it was written by
- ir> someone not at apple, in '89, and is itself poorly written in parts.
- ir> anyone know what "we fan out the end of the (stranded) wire into a
- ir> little umbrella around the head of the pin, then we solder all around"
- ir> is getting at in that gweeb document? thanx oh so much in advance for
- ir> all who will help with this.
- ir>
- ir> better yet... anyone got some extra cables for din8<->DB25 ??
- ir>
- ir> ---
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