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From: CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 04:05

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Greetings,

This may seem a little weird, but I'm trying to connect an
old Teletype machine (one of those noisy things you see in
early seventies cop shows) to my Unix based PC.  The only
way I can imagine doing this is to get it connected via 
the RS-232 port.  The problem is, the connector cable on
the tty has a 6-pin male connection.  Can anyone of a 
technical nature please tell me how I can cut this thing
off and replace it with a RS-232 plug.  I'd appreciate any
kind of response, even if you're not sure.

Maybe there are adaptors?  I dare not ask the Radio Shack
people... they can only sell musical key chains.

Thanks for listening,

C. Armour-Kidson

Ps. Does the "RS" in "RS-232" really mean "Radio Shack"?

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