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From: matt@shorty.CS.WISC.EDU (Matt Schaefer)
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Subject: Re: Appletalk Connectors
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Date: 17 Jan 88 18:10:00 GMT
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In article <1498@bgsuvax.UUCP> hovan@bgsuvax.UUCP (John Hovan) writes:
>	Does anyone know what makes appletalk connectors special?  A few 
>readings with an ohmmeter showed that the connectors are not merely a straight
>though cable.
I remember seeing schematics in a very recent issue of Computer Shopper of the
innards of Appletalk cables. It was definitely not a straight-through cable.
There was also a schematic of how to make a "cheater" cord if you only wanted
to connect two devices together. I'll have to wait until I get home to check
which issue.

Matt Schaefer                      ...!{harvard,ihnp4,rutgers,ucbvax}!uwvax!matt
UW-Madison Computer Sciences Laboratory                         matt@cs.wisc.edu