> 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).

this would (since I am *so* uniformed, as I'm quickly finding!) beg the
question, how do I know the different between a printer cable and a 
localTalk cable.

BTW, Thank you for all the insights!

	Tom



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