On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 04:50:16PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > > Hey, that gives me an idea. How about a cable with two heads > > on one end, > > one being a crossover? Or would that introduce noise? > > > > It will work but it won't be "certified" for 100Mbit... :-) now thats an even better idea! as long as some twit doesnt try and use them both at once!
> > On a side note, newer Macintoshes will autosense the need to > > internally > > create a crossover connection on their ethernet ports, and will > > autonegotiate which end does it when you connect two Macs. > > Really cool! > > > > Yeah but who wants a Smash-n-toss?? ;-) me gots a powerbook520 and it is so fustrating! there are no flippin keyboard commands! click finder to switch between netscape and telnet! grrr. hugh ps: have looked at debian port for mac but the only hardware that isnt supported is the nic, so there wouldnt be much point in trying that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]