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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
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Subject: Re: Mac<--------rs232----->MS-DOS Question.
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Date: 27 Jun 90 03:19:39 GMT
References: <1990Jun23.180654.10796@ariel.unm.edu>
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In article <1990Jun23.180654.10796@ariel.unm.edu> dcaffey@hydra.unm.edu (Dom Caffey CIRT-APSYS) writes:
> I'm trying to get a mac-512+ to talk to an MS-DOS machine (Zenith
> MinisPort) via the mac's modem port and the zenith's 9 pin rs232.

Worry no more.  The mac has a RS-422 plug which is mostly compatible with
an RS-232.  Rather than dinking around trying to build a cable, go to
your Apple dealer or CompuAdd and pick up a Mac to PC-AT cable.  They are
also called Mac to Modem cables.  You will probably also need a null modem
connector.

An even better solution might be the Lap-Link package.  I recall seeing
a version of Lap-Link for the Mac that came complete with software and
a Mac to PC cable.

> p.s.:  I talked to the local Apple store here in town and with 
>	Computerland and neither was of much help.

That PS sort of sums up Apple service in a nutshell.

-john-

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