Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Null modem cable for an '040 NeXT Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 08:28:45 GMT References: <9106171247.AA23695@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1753@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 21 eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: -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_ Well... Buying a Mac->ImageWriter cable is a great way to get two molded mini-DIN 8 connectors. Just snip the cable in the middle and graft on your DB25 connector. Two cables for your two serial ports! Plus you have total control over whether you build an '030 style cable or '040 style or... Trying to solder mini-DIN 8 connectors is a real bitch. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.