Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!csn!datran2!smb From: smb@csn.org!datran2 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: silly cables Message-ID: <1991Feb22.170758.2792@csn.org!datran2> Date: 22 Feb 91 17:07:58 GMT References: <1991Feb14.173537.16342@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <27C2E5DE.6775@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Distribution: comp Organization: Data Transforms, Inc. Lines: 18 In article <27C2E5DE.6775@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4ed3ap@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Tyldesley A) writes: >>If you want modem control and hardware flow control, then *no* Mac serial >>cable will work. Wire your own as per zs(4) (DIN pins 1-6 and 8), or wait >>for NeXTconnection to get them in stock ((800)800-NEXT). I got the >>impression from them that it would be a while. Thats odd. I just bought two. They had some local outfit making them up. A very professional job with a molded end DIN for $28 and they shipped in two days. It was grey 8^( which might displease purists, but I keep the cables out of sight anyway. Steve -- #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====# # Steve Boker # "Badgers, we don't have no stinking badgers" # # smb@data.com # -from Treasure of the Sierra Madre Zoo # #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====# Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com