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From: dd@ariel.unm.edu (Don Doerner)
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Subject: Re: Can I "null-modem"?
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Date: 27 Jul 90 14:17:09 GMT
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In article <61243@bu.edu.bu.edu> kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England) writes:
>> Deos anyone know how to "null-modem" a pair of machines together using the 15
>> conductor standard? I only need to go a couple feet.
>
>	I think this question deserves the status of true LAN legend, like
>the urban legends and the net legend about the dying kid who wants postcards.
>It's a question that just will not die.  :-)  Well, I suppose it is reasonable
>on the surface of it.  Half-seriously:
>
>	What I would suggest that you do is get a couple of Cabletron ST-500s
>with the thintap, a pair of T connectors and barrels and a thin cable patch
>cord.

Or check into the Netcor ANC-10.  This is just what you are asking
for.  Should cost less than $200.

Don Doerner, Manager, Communications and Networking
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, 87131
505/277-8036
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