LocalTalk cabling on the cheap

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From: Jack Campin
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 00:00

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What's the most cost-effective way to network a few low-end Macintoshes
together?  Last time checked the prices, Apple's own cabling was much
more expensive than it needed to be (and I do not wish to patronize the
Edinburgh Scotsys fuckwits to get it).  Is there a cheaper alternative,
preferably something I can buy in Edinburgh?

None of the machines has Ethernet capability, and it isn't worth adding
it, so I'm not after that kind of solution.  AppleTalk/LocalTalk will do
fine.  Is there a brew-it-yourself website somewhere?

(The distances and bandwidths involved are within the capability of two
cocoa tins and a tight string, but I suspect you can only get cocoa-tin
transducers for PCs).

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From: jack@purr.demon.co.uk (Jack Campin)
Subject: LocalTalk cabling on the cheap
Date: 1998/08/04
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