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Re: PC Sportster use with Mac

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From: andy
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <329fd847.3473423@news.demon.co.uk>, iw@ouija.demon.co.uk
(iw@ouija.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> Hello all,
> I use a PC at home and a Mac at work, at home i'm thinking of
> upgrading my Sportster 14.4 to something newer, can i easily connect
> this to my Mac to get some use out of it for Faxing and general Comms.
> 

I use  a PC sportster (as opposed to a Mac & Fax) on both a PC laptop and
my mac.  You'll need a mac modem cable :

a hardware handshaking modem cable for a mac (pins are looking from front!)

top left            blue         No Connection
top middle        purpler    No Connection
top right          black        7

middle left       orange     2
middle middle   yellow     7
middle right     green       3

bottom left       brown     4,20
bottom right     red          5

and TCP/IP for your mac (unless you have all the mac software (You sne t
this message from a PC - so I can't tell).

Regards

Andy
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Subject: Re: PC Sportster use with Mac
Date: 1996/12/14
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