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Re: IIgs Inquiry...Can any Apple Guru's help me out?



william strutts replied (>) to "Just Me" (>>):

>"Just Me" <justme@here.com> wrote in message
>news:AB837.679568$166.14007386@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com...

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>> I purchased a "Mac to Imagewriter I" serial printer cable which is 8pin DIN
to
>> DB25M...does anyone know if I can use this to connect an external modem to
>> my IIgs modem port - or better yet, throw a null modem adapter and a 25-9
>> reducer on it and hook up to my PC's serial port...which will then allow me
>> to use traditional comm software to move information to/from the IIgs.
>
>You might need a Null Modem adapter for the PC but it should work to
>allow you to connect via terminal software on both ends.

Since it's a printer cable, it is intrinsically a null modem cable.  All he
needs is a 25-->9-pin adapter.

-michael

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