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Re: .Simple IIGS-Mac network - boy i feel stupid
- Subject: Re: .Simple IIGS-Mac network - boy i feel stupid
- From: GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (GUDAT,HENRIK MICHAEL)
- Date: 1995/05/16
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ETH ZUERICH
- References: <3orve7$j15@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <2e445c2w165w@ruth.uucp>
In <2e445c2w165w@ruth.uucp> spqr@ruth.uucp writes:
> JJeffries@psu.edu (Jason Jeffries) writes:
[...]
> | > I have a serial cable (the one from the printer) plugged into the printer
> | > ports.
>
> no no, a straight-through cable ought not work. use some sort of
> localtalk (or similar) boxes and the appropriate wires. it REALLY is
> necessary. i made this mistake once, and you need the spiffy
> connectors.
Hmm, but it worked in my environment. I had no problems with file transfers in
either direction.
It was a simple printer cable that is usually connected with a DeskWriter.
- henrik