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From: russ@key.COM (Russell Donnan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac 512ke -> Mac // direct connection
Keywords: Won't power up
Message-ID: <1311@key.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 89 18:31:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Key Computer Labs, Fremont, CA
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Hi!  I have two Macs that I would like to connect directly together:
Mac 512ke and a Mac //.  I have a DB-9 -> DIN nulled cable and I
am connecting printer port to printer port.  Everything seems to
work great if I power up the older Mac first and then the Mac //.
I get to use Public Folder, multi-player games work, etc.  BUT,
when the Mac // is powered up first, and I turn the power switch
of the Mac 512 on, I get no response at all.  No system beep,
no Sad Mac icon, *NOTHING*.  I am completely perplexed about
this.  If anyone has any insight on this problem, PLEASE let
me know.  I generally don't turn my older Mac on, and when I do,
the Mac // is almost always on.  I don't want to power the Mac //
down every time I want to turn my 512 on.  (very frustrated...)

-Russ
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Russ Donnan  (415) 623-2121
Amdahl Corporation, Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont, CA, USA
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