Subject: Re: serial cable
To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@NetBSD.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/24/2004 15:45:20
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 06:51:42AM -0500, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> > Hi can anybody lend me serial cable for mac, I know
> > now that this should be round connector for ttya
> > (modem) and other end just connector for com port on
> > pci386, i could pay you for this cable via paypal and
> > would send cable back after netbsd installation, then
> > you'd need just to send my money back,
> > thanks a lot
>=20
> You can get MiniDIN<->SubD-9 adaptors pretty cheap from (almost) any
> Apple dealer, mine was ~$5 and also works with SGI and SPARC machines,
> some of them use the same serial connectors as Apple :)

Watch out! While Sun work stations used the same plugs as Apple, they did=
=20
not use the same pin layout. So don't mix & match the cables.

Just get an Apple modem cable, and then get a LapLink cable.

Take care,

Bill

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