Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!kanga!madler From: madler@kanga.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: silly cables Message-ID: <1991Feb22.163650.4013@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 22 Feb 91 16:36:50 GMT References: <1991Feb14.173537.16342@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <27C2E5DE.6775@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Distribution: comp Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: kanga Andrew Tyldesley writes: >> the only dealer I found >> that had a modem cable that supported flow control wanted $60 for it! when he was looking for a serial cable for the NeXT with RTS, CTS, and everything else properly wired. NeXTconnection (800)800-NEXT sells them for $19, which is almost reasonable. The ones they have now are gray, but they'll be getting black ones soon. I did the same thing Andrew did, which was find some cheap Mac serial cables (I got some at an Egghead Clearance Store for $5 each), cut the end off, and wired my own DB-25. When you do that, it doesn't matter how the cable used to wired, of course. Mark Adler madler@pooh.caltech.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com