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In article <1664@bu-tyng.bu.edu> ryan@bu-tyng.UUCP (Melissa L. Ryan) writes:

>We are looking for a cable to direct connect a Macintosh SE to an RS232
>Ethernet connection. We have the software and are currently dialing
>into a Unix system but we need to know what kind of cable to make our
>direct connection.  We have been told by many vendors, that this would
>be a special cable and would have to be made for us.. Does anyone out
>there know what kind of a cable we would need?

The ones I make up for our use here are as follows:  DIN-8 connector on
the Mac side, DB-25 on the RS-232C side, with pinouts as follows:

	     DIN-8  to  DB-25     (Signal)
	     _____________________________
     PINS:      1         20         DCD  (Data Carrier Detect)
		2          8         DTR  (Data Terminal Ready)
		3          2         TXD  (Transmit Data)
		4          7         GND  (Signal Ground)
		5          3         RXD  (Receive Data)

		6, 7, 8   Not used.

Any questions, give me a buzz...


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