On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:43:47AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:50:10PM +1000, Charlie Allom wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:30:49AM -0400, Lord Isildur wrote:
> > > rj45 is too wide, rj11 too narrow.. rj12 is what you need. you can use an 
> > > rj45 is you grind the sides of the connector down, but alignment is easy 
> > > to get messed up then.. i tried it once and spend an hour and a half with a
> > > file making the connector line up the pins properly.. it still was a bit 
> > > flaky. later i got an rj12 and it worked the first time. 
> > > happy hacking,
> > > isildur
> > 
> > thanks for the clarification :)
> > 
> > I have just ordered some MMJ -> DB9 converters.
> > 
> > PS. Once I am connected via serial - how do I load anything? 
> 
> Through the network!

Sorry do you mean to boot from the network? bootp/tftp style? (sorry
I'm a macppc lad).

> If I remember well, the VLC only offers a DB15 female AUI network
> connector (no Thin ethernet option). You'll need to get a tranceiver
> to put the machine on the network.

Check.

  C.
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