Re: AppleTalk - Help!

[sspies@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Soren Spies)]

Dan Crutcher (dcrutch@coplex.coplex.com) wrote:
: You need a "phonenet" connector. It has a mini-DIN 8 plug (for the serial 
: or printer port on a GS or Mac) on one end and two RJ-11 phone plugs on 
: the other end. Actually you need two connectors -- one for each computer 
: -- and four-wire phone cable to go between them.

: You should be able to get these at any store that sells Macintosh 
: hardware, including Circuit City, Office Depot, etc. They'll probably be 
: a little cheaper mail order. Expect to pay $20-$30 for each connector.
	
	Maybe $20-$30, but  saw an add the other day for $14.99 from Elek-Tect,
which is a large mail order house in Chicago, tel no. 1-800-395-1000.  Don't
bother though, unless you are going to have more than two computers hooked up.
If less than two, then you can connect them with a ImageWriter II printer cable.
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