> > An AppleTalk cable?? You mean a LocalTalk cable? you can't use LocalTalk
> > for anything on NetBSD, right now. Certainly not for serial console..
> 
> DOH!  This could be my problem then!  I thought that I'd need a null-modem
> cable, and that a local talk cable would be what I wanted.  So is a 
> modem-to-modem or non-"null" serial cable what I want then?  

Try a printer cable. Mac printer cables are wired as null modems
(printers and macs have the same pinouts; that's why you can use the
same LocalTalk boxes on a mac and a printer).

Take care,

Bill