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From: frank@dciem.UUCP (Frank Evans)
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Subject: MacPlus 8 Pin to DB25 for in house Terminal Emulation!
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Date: Mon, 7-Apr-86 00:08:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  7 00:08:46 1986
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Does anyone know what would be the 
correct pin connection for connecting a
Macintosh Plus 8 Pin to a Db25 male 
connector which would plug the Mac in 
to an inhouse network as a Vt100? 

I have been pulling my hair out trying
to figure out what the old DB9's 
connection to a DB25 jack should be.

I reluctantly coughed up $40.00 for 
Apple's 8pin to DB9. Of course the 
cable only works my HP laserjet printer
and nothing else. I again had to hot 
wire my own modem cable!!

I called Apple and they said to follow 
the pin out instructions in the 
ImagewriterII's manual but this doesn't
seem to work or make sense even when I 
traced the leads on the new adapter 
8Pin to DB9 cable.

As I recall in previous times,Apple 
Canada, misdirected me on my initial 
wiring up of the DB9's to a DB25.It 
seems that we are doomed to go thru 
another trial and error cable period 
,with Apple, AGAIN!!.

I sometimes think that Apple uses it's 
customers to figure out what the proper
connections actually are!!

Regardless, does anyone, out there, 
know what the wiring would be for 
connectin of the 8Pin to a DB25 for 
terminal emulation with the Mac Plus??

Deparate!! and patiently awaiting a 
reply! After all it has only been 2 
months since my Mac has sat staring at 
the DB25 outlet to its bigger Vax 
brother!!