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Article #1422Re: No Update to the FAQ [was Re: MAC vs NeXT modem cable??? ]
From: Jerry Scoggins
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:19
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:19
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cjp+@pitt.edu (Casimir J Palowitch) sayz: >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 ** Agreed. I had similiar problems. My TurboColor slab wouldn't work properly with my Mac's hardware handshaking cable to my SupraFAXmodem. I forget the specifics now, but after a few weeks of hassels, I spent the $15 for the correct cable. ++jerry(); // jscoggin@netcom.netcom.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jscoggin From: jscoggin@netcom.com (Jerry Scoggins) Subject: Re: No Update to the FAQ [was Re: MAC vs NeXT modem cable??? ] Message-ID: <1992Dec18.081920.20900@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <85412@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Dec16.014415.27174@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <813@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:19:20 GMT Lines: 22