On s=F8ndag, feb 23, 2003, at 20:53 Europe/Copenhagen, Russell McManus=20=

wrote:

>
> Thanks for the earlier tips.
>
> So I've gotten a DIN8 serial cable connector.  Now my question is
> this: do I need to use a null modem cable, or should the wiring
> between the Thinkpad and the powermac be straight through?  The
> following, from http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html ,
> makes me think that the cable should be straight through:

You need a null-model.

>   Your serial console settings should be 38400 bps, 8 bits, no parity,
>   1 stop bit, no flow control, and you can typically use a standard
>   Mac "printer" cable to connect two Macs (even m68k-based Macs). See
>   the NetBSD Serial Port Primer for additional help.
>
> I guess that printer cables would be straight through.

No. Mac-printer cables are null-modem cables.


/Daniel