Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 20:16:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: nc@ai.net, current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: looking for IP over printer port driver users Message-ID: <9505030116.AA14628@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <11208.799455907@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at May 2, 95 04:05:07 pm
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> > Does anybody have a clue how to manufacture the needed cable? I would like > > to play with this, but do not want to spend money on a cable that I can > > build from parts in stock.. > > Do yourself a favor and go buy a "laplink cable" at the local store. > They're $10 (that's what mine cost at Frys, anyway) and it's a LOT > less headache than making your own.. :-) Hi Jordan, That's silly. :-) Well, not for everyone... but I've been making cables since I was a teenager. I have all the connectors, hoods, cable, et al. I do not intend to pay $10 for something that I can _build_ easily for $10 less than that. :-) I prefer to save my cash for things that I cannot readily make: I buy components, modems, etc. I generally make my own cables (with the one exception of DB9-DB25's which Wal-Mart sells for $2.96, which is roughly equivalent to my cost, and then I don't have to spend time). Besides, usually when you need something strange: "A SCSI cable with Centronics on both ends and 6 IDC connectors at such-n-such separation" you end up doing it yourself anyways. (I have a nice "CAID" for news here - Cheap Array of Inexpensive 5 1/4" Disks"). (besides: if I go to a store it means I have to waste time to do so - maybe a half hour, or an hour, when I can make it in 10 minutes. :-) ) But for the everyday hacker, who isn't comfortable with a soldering iron, I might be inclined to agree with you. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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