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From: dudevoir@bernoulli.Stanford.EDU (Glen P. Dudevoir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Imagewriter I Cables?
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Date: 5 Jun 89 21:08:57 GMT
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In article <11987@well.UUCP> svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
>In article <13661@ut-emx.UUCP>, newman@ut-emx.UUCP (Dave Newman) writes:
>> All,
>> 
>> What kind of Cable is needed to connect a new
>> Mac SE to a very old Imagewriter I?  My folks
>> just got a new Mac SE to replace their 128K
>> Mac, and the cable that they got does not work.
>> 
>	You simply need a Null-Modem cable wired for a din-8 (the Mac SE) to
>a DB-25 (the Imagewriter I).  If it helps, this is also the same cable that
>one would use to connect a Hayes-type modem (with a DB-25) to an SE (or
>other Din-8 equipped Mac).
>+--------------------------------------------------+
>Leonard Rosenthol        |  GEnie : MACgician

This is only partially correct.  The Mac Plus to hayes modem
modem cable should _not_ be a null modem. If you are connecting
DTE to DCE (mac to modem) the cable is straight through.  If you
connect DTE to DTE (mac to imagewriter) then you need a null modem. 
So you do need a null modem for the imagewriter, this is not the
same as the mac to hayes cable.

Glen