Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:59:51 -0800 (PST) From: Oscar Urquidy <osc20@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about null-modem cable Message-ID: <19991220205951.21417.qmail@web2106.mail.yahoo.com>
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Well, when the cost matters :), making the cable is cheaper. Also, it is useful (for me), for practicing and understanding those matters. I'm interested in hardware interfaces, i would be happy to make one for FreeBSD in the future! --- Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre@telebot.net> wrote: > I thought these things and their assorted > converteres could be bought from > any half decent computer/electronic shop? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Heiko Recktenwald > > > > handbook? has somebody here made one? > > > > I have a nullmodem cable, or two cables, that make > one nullmodemcable. One > > cable was soldered to hook the old Global Village > modem to the old Toshiba > > aka Dosbox. And the other one was a Mac-Pc > nullmodemcable soldered after > > the famous webpage of Kai der Hai called "Loeten > am Mac". It worked well. > > But I wouldnt do it today, there are ready to use > nullmodemcables on the > > market. Called "laplink" cable. In different > length. > > > > Heiko __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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