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Article #1397No Update to the FAQ [was Re: MAC vs NeXT modem cable??? ]
From: Casimir J Palowitch
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:43
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:43
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In article <1992Dec16.014415.27174@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> gbrown@raven.ctr.columbia.edu (Glenn Brown) writes: (some other words deleted) >identical to Macintosh serial ports, while the serial ports of '040 NeXTs >are NOT. The ports of '040 NeXTs, however, ARE COMPATIBLE with the '030 >serial ports, the Macintosh serial ports, and all '030 NeXT and Macintosh >serial port peripherals if the proper adapter cable is constructed. This is not true. I and many others have tried to get Mac MIDI interfaces to work with Turbo 040 NeXTs with less than total success, using the man zs cable config and others, including ones that ostensibly work for non-Turbo machines (gvh: I tried it, no luck). -- ** Casimir J. (Casey) Palowitch - In 1996, there will be two kinds ** ** Slavic Cataloger - of computer professional : those ** ** U. of Pgh. Library Systems - who know NeXT, and those ** ** cjp@unix.cis.pitt.edu - without Jobs. **
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!spool.mu.edu!agate!netsys!ukma!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!pitt.edu!cjp From: cjp+@pitt.edu (Casimir J Palowitch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: No Update to the FAQ [was Re: MAC vs NeXT modem cable??? ] Message-ID: <813@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 16 Dec 92 04:43:32 GMT References: <85412@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Dec16.014415.27174@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 17