I can verify that a laserwriter cable will work. I have my 7100 connected
to my Q800 this way. I use Zterm as the terminal. Works quite well - I've
got it clocked up to 57.6kbps. It's actually smoother than the console!

Seth Henry
jshenry@net-noise.com

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 2:29 PM -0500 10/3/00, Philip Brodd wrote:
> >I actually did try tip before minicom, but I haven't had any luck with
> >either.  I'm thinking now that my cable the culprit.  It's from an old Mac
> >modem, I believe, so I figured it would be fine.
> >
> >Does this need to be some kind of null modem cable?
> 
> The pinout for Mac/Modem cables should be a FAQ, but I just looked 
> and it isn't.  I'll have to give Colin something on the subject.  If 
> this were a Mac printer then any old Imagewriter cable should have 
> the correct lines swapped.
> 
> You can use a voltmeter to check that you have the right polarity on 
> send and receive.  (The send line should have a bigger voltage than 
> the receive line.)  For the handshaking it gets more complicated.
> 
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