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From: anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Null modem cable for an '040 NeXT
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.044553.7311@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 04:45:53 GMT
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In article <1753@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P.
Scott) writes:

>In article <9106171247.AA23695@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
>TIMBUCK@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Timothy Buck) writes:

>>Can someone post once again instructions for connecting a terminal to
>>a NeXTStation, including EXACTLY what Mac --> Imagewriter cable to buy

>NONE.  Mac cables DO NOT WORK with NeXTstations (or any '040
>NeXTs).  Specifications for what you need appear on the zs(4)
>manual page, which is reproduced in hardcopy form in the back of
>_Network and System Administration_ (so those of you who only
>have 2.x-Crippled can't whine about not having man pages).

>>Also, if you know of a good place to get one would
>>you share that with me also?

>I'm sure there are several...  We found a place in the San
>Francisco Bay Area that makes custom cables, and had them
>take care of our serial and SCSI needs:

Doesn't NeXTconnection sell the proper cable for $19?
Is it some other cable they sell (NeXT-to-modem)?  Are
we talking about two different cables here, Eric?

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