Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!dewhirst From: dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: How do I connect from a macplus to a DB9 PC serial port? Message-ID: <1991Mar27.221732.29327@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 27 Mar 91 22:17:32 CST References: Distribution: comp.sys.mac.wanted, comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 18 In article , andyc@bucky.intel.com (Andy Crump) writes: > > I am trying to directly connect my macplus to a DOS PC with a DB9 > serial port to transfer files in my terminal emulator program. Anyone > know where I can buy a mating connector? Are you using a Mac Plus with an mini DIN 8 serial connector? Or does it have the old DB9 serial connector? Don't BUY and cable! Build one! All you need is pinout diagrams for both computers. If you can't find these, or don't understand a word I'm talking about, tell me. -- []-------------------------------------------------------------------------[] | Internet: dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu | Famous Last Words: | | Sysop: The MacRocosm BBS 913-841-9446 | "I drank what?" - Socrates | | AOL: Echopapa | "I coulda had a V8" - von Braun | []-------------------------------------------------------------------------[]