I've been trying to understand the information in this post: Spiritus ex Machina wrote: >> Has anyone here tried that kind of lash-up? Is >> there a commercially available MacSerial-to-DB9/DB25 (null-modem?) >> cable? What sort of additional software (other than Mac OS 7.1) would I >> likely need?
Darren responded: > A pc laplink cable and either a standard MacSerial-to-DB9 or DB25 will > work, a M-M adapter between is required from memory. Making your own > cable isn't that hard and rather rewarding, if your that way inclined. > Probably cheaper than a laplink cable. :) I'd think the pinouts would be > somewhere around here... But I don't know what a DB9 connector is. I have an IDEA, but I don't know. (My idea is: a connector with two rows totaling nine pins). Is there a good visual dictionary of common (and uncommon) connectors somewhere on the Web? My problem is that I have two SE/30s. The one that doesn't work has a Ethernet card on the back. The one that works has a cord coming out of that special, developer's port I've never used, and it is apparently a serial cable of the PC variety (DB9?). So what is this serial cable used for? Hooking to a printer? Monitor? Other device? Any ideas? Can I combine the two computers into one working computer? (That is, will the "DB9" out not interfere with the Ethernet card coming from another slot?) -- Timothy Virkkala "Science and philosophy cast a net of words into the sea of being, happy in the end if they draw anything out besides the net itself, with some holes in it." - George Santayana /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
