> > 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.

Technically, I believe that a LocalTalk cable has only 3 wires (only 
needs 2, since PhoneNet only requires 2, and it's LocalTalk also).

A printer cable has something closer to 7 or 8, I think.  I printer cable 
will usually work in lieu of a LocalTalk system, but I don't think that 
it's recommended.  It will work as a null-modem cable just fine, tho.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX