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From: amatthews@zodiac.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Cables
Message-ID: <816.2814eafa@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 02:18:34 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University Computing Services
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A 6' parallel cable (ie., printer cable) can be ordered from Mid West
Micro for about $25.00 .  You can find their ads in any Computer Shopper
magazine.  The parallel cable is Amiga 1000 specific.  Do not connect
a generic parallel cable to the 1000, you may kill something.  As far
as the serial cable goes, I have both a midi interface and a modem 
connected to my A1000 with a $5.00 generic serial cable, but I had
to change the gender of the port.  It works for me, but I would
suggest you check into the serial cable further -- It's better to
be sure.  I think that there could be some kind of difference because
the manual that came with my modem said that it "auto-configures" to
any serial port, and a different sort of periferal might not work.