Re: hooking up Mac with a modem

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Subject: Re: hooking up Mac with a modem
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Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 18:28:13 EDT
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From: Dick Kalagher
I made a cable to go from the MAC to an rs-232 with about $6 worth of
parts that you can get from any Radio Shack. Youn need a DB-9 and db-25
male plug. Radio Shack calls them "subminiture D" plugs, I believe.
I also got a roll of 4 conductor cable but you can make do with, forexample,
2 speaker wires. I would recommend the "solder type" of plugs since
it is very easy to solder the connections. You should also buy the covers
for the plugs so youn don't put strain on the cable. If you need the pin
connections I will send them but they are on another disk which I can't
load while I'm writing this. (One disadvantage of the paperless office!)

By the way, I would not call the DB-9 another "standard". My ATARI also
uses a DB-9 plug, but the pin connections are completely different. The
232 side however *is* standard, so it should plug into almost any modem