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On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:01:34AM +0000, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote:
> On Friday 10 October 2003 23:30, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > Do you have a local computer store? If so, buy one of:
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> That's the problem. I live in a little, little city, and yes, there are s=
ome=20
> local stores here. But these stores are i386-only sellers and these guys=
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> don't even know what I'm looking for, nor BSD. I'm buying from Mercado Li=
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> a eBay affiliated located in Brazil.

Ahhh... Yes, that would be a problem.

> I will look for a good store.
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> > 1) "Mac serial printer" cable. This is the Imagewriter or Laserwriter
> > cable John mentioned. It is wired by default as a null-modem cable. It =
is
> > appropriate to hook one mac to another.
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> I have more than one macppc machine, and this should be a lot easier than=
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> finding the cables and adapters below. But I'll keep trying.
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> > 2) A mac modem cable, a null modem, and a PC modem cable.
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> I didn't understand how these cables and adapters are connected.
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> macppc <- mac modem cable - null modem - PC modem cable -> i386 (?)

That's the idea.

Another option would be a PC LapLink cable and a Mac modem cable.

A LapLink cable is essentially a Null modem with a DB25 and a DB9 on each=
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Take care,

Bill

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