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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: do I need phone net connectors? <summary>
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.005803.16639@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 00:58:03 GMT
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In article <1991Jan8.112500.14143@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes:

>Kent is wrong about (mac<->mac) == (mac<->modem) == (LW|IW<->mac). [Did
>that come out right?]  The exception is the modem. Serial devices come in
>two flavors, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Comm. Equ. (DCE).
>When wiring DTE<->DCE, the pins labeled Tx (transmit) on both devices
>are connected together while DCE<->DCE cables have Tx<->Rx wiring,
>eliminating the need for a modem, thus the null-modem cable.

Well, actually, the Mac is DTE, if the terms have any standard meaning with
8-pin connectors.  There are straight-through 8-pin connectors also.
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