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From: phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Connections...
Message-ID: <4194@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 5 Jul 89 23:31:39 GMT
References: <17057@gryphon.COM> <246300007@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson)
Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
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In article <246300007@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dpd00609@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>> Has anyone tried connecting a NeXT and a Mac directly ( without going
>> through any K-Boxes or modems etc. )? Any suggestions to what kind of
>> software to use?
>No problem.  Just use a null modem cable (an Imagewriter cable works nicely)
>between either of the two NeXT serial ports and either of the Mac's two
>serial ports....Then just run a modem program
>on your Mac which has a good vt100 emulator (Microphone, Red Ryder, etc).
>
>Of course this only gives you a TEXT Unix user interface, but you can transfer
>files back and forth with this method.


You might also try bringing uw up on the NeXT; then you can have multiple
windows/shells on your mac.  (I haven't tried this yet, but I will shortly.) 


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