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From: john@basho.uucp (John Lacey)
Subject: Connecting a Mac to a Unix box
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.195838.9221@basho.uucp>
Organization: Sportsware
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 91 19:58:38 GMT

I would like to connect my Macintosh to my Unix box with a serial
(RS-232) cable.  I recall that this is not an exactly straightforward
thing to do.  There was a column on in Macinations in Byte last year I
think, but I was unable to follow through.

Two basic questions, I guess.  First, what kind of cable or converter
do I need?  I tried connecting the simple null-modem cable that works
with my PC to an ImageWriter cable.  No go.  (I'm sure that is obvious
to someone. :-)

Second, what kind of software do I need?  The programs I am familiar
with (ZTerm, Freeterm, and one other I can't remember the name of) all
expect to dial out over a phone, which doesn't work real well in this
context.

Thanks.
-- 
John Lacey,  Schemer, TeXnician, and MacHacker
"It's hard to tell you how I feel without hurting you."	--Soho