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From: tyc@cbnewse.att.com (felix.a.lugo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Null modem cable for an '040 NeXT
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.180907.5824@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 18:09:07 GMT
References: <1753@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Jun18.044553.7311@macc.wisc.edu> <1756@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
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In article <1756@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
| In article <1991Jun18.044553.7311@macc.wisc.edu>
| 	anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
| >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?
| 
| '030 NeXTs and '040 NeXT use different cables because the serial
| ports are different.  Mac cables will work with '030 cubes but
| not the newer '040 machines.
| 
	WRONG again!  I've used an '040 NeXT to a Mac for some time now and
	it's worked like a charm.  All you need is the proper cable and the
	use of the right devices on the NeXT.  Check the NeXT man pages!!!!!

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