He's wrong. Autosensing just modifies the electrical connection on the item being plugged in to match what is needed.
I've plugged my TiPB into the following with no difficulties: 3400 (normal cable) Netgear 314 router (crossover cable) (all I had at the time...) 8500 (normal cable) G4/733 (normal cable) Enjoy your Ti... it's really quite a nice machine. smiles, Jamie On 10/25/01 9:15 PM, Michael Bryan Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: >> Autosensing requires that both systems are autosensing. > >Could be... I just remember a guy I work with walking up, using a normal >cat5 cable to plug into a g4 and we were able to transfer files... I thought >it was pretty cool- he said it was because the titanium's (just ordered one >yesterday, woo hoo!) are able to autosense the port and don't require a >cross-over cable... > >As soon as it comes I'll plug it in to the g4 desktop and my beige and see >if it works... Hope you're wrong, I was looking forward to being able to >plug into other powerbooks when I'm traveling, etc. :( -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
