From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 11:47:02 PDT
Dale A. Raby wrote:
> Welll... I was thinking Green Bay... the People's Republic of Madison is
> quite a hike for me... but if at all possible, I will attend, so long as
> everyone promises not to laugh at my MP110 and home-made connection
> cable. (We're a bit behind the times up here in the wild North ;))
Newton users are not the kind to laugh at an ugly hack. I once connected my
Newton to a Linux box using:
-Mac modem cable (miniDIN8 - DB25M)
-DEC "null modem" box, older than me, from some decomissioned minicomputer
(this was composed of a PCB with hand-designed traces going from one DB25F to
another DB25F, mounted in a black metal box)
-PC straight-through DB25 extender (DB25M - DB25F)
-DB25M - DB25M gender changer
-DB25 - DB9 adapter
Oh yeah, those were the days...
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