Re: broadband for a Mac IIci??

[the pickle]

At 23:03 -0700 on 14/06/02, Fran Dollinger wrote:

>I've been trying to get my Mac IIci online for a few days now with no
>success. All I've been able to find in the FAQ is going through a
>modem (dialup). I have a cable modem. I've entered the particulars
>into MacTCP and NADA! I don't even know what questions to ask at this

Get Open Transport.  There's a link in the FAQ.

Set it to DHCP.

If that doesn't work, report back with details.

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Re: broadband for a Mac IIci??

[Steven]

Do you *have to* use MacTCP?  I never got this to work properly.  I use
TCP/IP.

I can't access my Mac Now, but I remember you have to have DCHP selected in
order to get this to work (I use wireless internet)



> I've been trying to get my Mac IIci online for a few days now with no
> success. All I've been able to find in the FAQ is going through a
> modem (dialup). I have a cable modem. I've entered the particulars
> into MacTCP and NADA! I don't even know what questions to ask at this
> point. I have an ethernet card installed that lights up and a good
> working connectionwhat am I missing?
> Any help? Contact me offlist.
> Fran
>



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broadband for a Mac IIci??

[Fran Dollinger]

I've been trying to get my Mac IIci online for a few days now with no 
success. All I've been able to find in the FAQ is going through a 
modem (dialup). I have a cable modem. I've entered the particulars 
into MacTCP and NADA! I don't even know what questions to ask at this 
point. I have an ethernet card installed that lights up and a good 
working connectionwhat am I missing?
Any help? Contact me offlist.
Fran

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[Gregg Eshelman]

--- Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i was going to reply to this with something like
> "68k macs don't recognise anything above 1gb..."
> but i wasn't sure so rather than get egg on my face
> i left it to others to reply.  can someone fill me
> in on
> the hd size limit on 68k macs?

There's actual limits and practical limits. For HFS
the practical limit is 2gig. You can use drives
bigger than that but partition them into 2gig or
smaller chunks. If you're doing HFS+ with OS 8.1
on an 040 for non-boot volumes they can be any size.

IIRC, someone on here has a 40gig IDE connected to
a SCSI converter on a Quadra. :)

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[Al]

thanks
btw fabulous faq

al

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Gregg Eshelman]

There are "slimline" null modem adaptors available
in M-M, F-F and M-F connector configurations. They
cost a bit but for most uses can be considered to
be "zero length" when you're concerned about overall
serial cable length.

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Ed Murphy]

> Ouch. OK, though I still don't really understand the use of a "Null 
> Modem" cable. Is it one that "reverses" some of the signal lines?

Yes, the null modem cable swaps the send/recieve signals, so that what
you send from one computer ends up on the recieve line of the other and
visa versa.  Here is the easiest way to 'build' a null modem cable
without soldering.

1. Get a Mac modem cable.  This is the cable that goes from the Mac
modem port to an external modem's DB25.  The cable end that plugs into
the modem is DB25 male (has pins) and the modem's connector is DB25
female.

2. Get a Null modem cable at radio shack with DB25 female connectors on
each end.  This cable does two important things; it internally switches
the send and receive lines (the null modem function), and acts as a
'gender changer' when it is connected to the modem cable (because the
completed cable terminates in a female connector rather than the male
connector that we started with on the modem cable).

3.  connect the modem cable to your mac modem port, connect one end of
the null modem cable to the mac modem cable and connect the other to
the PC.  You can now use the serial port on your mac to talk to the PC.
 

4. That's the hardware side of things.  You'll need a communication
program that can emulate a terminal (like a VT100 series terminal)
running on the Mac.  You'll need to setup Linux to allow a terminal to
log in from the serial port.

Here is the info from www.radioshack.com on the null modem cable:

$6.99   Reg. Price Brand: Aesp 
Cat.#: 950-0186 Model: C-212FF-10 



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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Mike Holling]

> Because no UNIX operating system supports LocalTalk and likely never
> will, he is attempting to make a PPP connection.

There are localtalk cards for PCs. However it's easier to have a hardware
device or a mac with the LocalTalk Bridge control panel bridge the
appletalk between phonenet and ethernet, and then use software on the unix
box to provide MacIP.  Both FreeBSD and Linux have (different) freeware to
do this.

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[KADaggett]

My Reply follows quote. On 14/06/2002 18:30 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Jennings)
>Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>Hmmm. Well, I don't think I have heard of an "easy hardware" solution to
>>do this on a Mac. In order to "route" internet you will need something
>>like IPNetRouter as a software router. There used to be (maybe still
>>are?) hardware AppleTalk routers.
>>
>
>I think he is trying to connect a Mac without Ethernet to a UNIX box. 
>Because no UNIX operating system supports LocalTalk and likely never 
>will, he is attempting to make a PPP connection.  This is further 
>complicated by the different serial cables - DIN8 on the Mac and DB25 
>on his UNIX box.  DIN8 to DB25 null modem cables do not seem to be 
>readily available.

Ouch. OK, though I still don't really understand the use of a "Null 
Modem" cable. Is it one that "reverses" some of the signal lines?

>Have you played Atari today?

Not for about 25 years (or at least it seems that long)!

Ken

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[the pickle]

At 12:02 + on 15/06/02, Al wrote:

>i was going to reply to this with something like
>"68k macs don't recognise anything above 1gb..."
>but i wasn't sure so rather than get egg on my face
>i left it to others to reply.  can someone fill me in on
>the hd size limit on 68k macs?

The FAQ can :)

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[Al]

i was going to reply to this with something like
"68k macs don't recognise anything above 1gb..."
but i wasn't sure so rather than get egg on my face
i left it to others to reply.  can someone fill me in on
the hd size limit on 68k macs?

thanks
Al

the pickle wrote:
> 
> At 18:39 -0700 on 14/06/02, barton forren wrote:
> 
> >Please help! I'm trying to install a Quantum Fireball
> >hard drive in my IIsi and the 7.5 utility disk will
> >not recognize it. I'm sure that it is easy to solve,
> 
> Have you tried the ResEdit hack mentioned in the FAQ yet?
> 
> the pickle>

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[Ed Murphy]

--- barton forren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please help! I'm trying to install a Quantum Fireball
> hard drive in my IIsi and the 7.5 utility disk will
> not recognize it. I'm sure that it is easy to solve,

There is a patched version of Apple SC Disk Setup that should work. 
I'll send it to you off list.

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Re: 1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[the pickle]

At 18:39 -0700 on 14/06/02, barton forren wrote:

>Please help! I'm trying to install a Quantum Fireball
>hard drive in my IIsi and the 7.5 utility disk will
>not recognize it. I'm sure that it is easy to solve,

Have you tried the ResEdit hack mentioned in the FAQ yet?

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1.2 GB Hard Drive For IIsi

[barton forren]

Please help! I'm trying to install a Quantum Fireball
hard drive in my IIsi and the 7.5 utility disk will
not recognize it. I'm sure that it is easy to solve,
but I don't have the knowledge yet. Any help would be
appreciated.

Bart 

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Rob Jennings]

>
>Hmmm. Well, I don't think I have heard of an "easy hardware" solution to
>do this on a Mac. In order to "route" internet you will need something
>like IPNetRouter as a software router. There used to be (maybe still
>are?) hardware AppleTalk routers.
>

I think he is trying to connect a Mac without Ethernet to a UNIX box. 
Because no UNIX operating system supports LocalTalk and likely never 
will, he is attempting to make a PPP connection.  This is further 
complicated by the different serial cables - DIN8 on the Mac and DB25 
on his UNIX box.  DIN8 to DB25 null modem cables do not seem to be 
readily available.

Rob
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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[KADaggett]

On 14/06/2002 14:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>Ken,
>
>Thanks for your response, but I'm not trying to get them networked via 
>AppleTalk -- I don't want to do File Sharing.  I want to get an old Mac 
>onto Internet, and to do that I want it to talk (via PPP) to another 
>computer.  But I want to do that over a serial cable instead of over a 
>modem.

Hmmm. Well, I don't think I have heard of an "easy hardware" solution to 
do this on a Mac. In order to "route" internet you will need something 
like IPNetRouter as a software router. There used to be (maybe still 
are?) hardware AppleTalk routers.

>There ought to be a way to do this -- all it should take is a null modem 
>cable (two DIN8-to-DB25 cables and a null modem adapter should also 
>work) and the proper software.  I'm sufficiently versed in software and 
>will eventually figure out that end of it -- the only thing I need help 
>with is the physical layer.  I don't know what constitutes a "null modem 
>cable" for a Mac -- my serial port knowledge is only on PCs, and I have 
>yet to figure out what of that translates to the Mac.

I guess I just understand the function of a "null modem cable."

>Another way to look at is like this: I want to use one Mac as a terminal 
>on the other.  I know ZTerm will allow me to do this, but how can I hook 
>the two up to get ZTerm to work?  The project is much more complex than 
>that, but that's where it starts.  All of the instructions I've found 
>detail how to do what I want to do... but over a modem.  I want to do it 
>via null modem -- directly from computer to computer.

Well, Macs have "always" talked to each other through their serial ports. 
IPNetRouter lets one Mac act as a router for one or more Macs connected 
via AppleTalk (their serial ports).

>I just don't know what kind of cable I need.  And I don't have any idea 
>where to find one. :(

If we Mac folks understood the function of such a cable, I am sure it 
can't be that hard!

>Eagle

Still, an interesting project. I assume that speed of the connection is 
not one of your conderns. Data flow through the serial port won't be 
anything to write home about.

Ken

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Randy Beaudreault]

>]Greetings, all.
>
>The short version: are printer cables null modem cables?  Can a PhoneNet
>cable/connector be used as a null modem calbe?
>
>The long version:
>
>I am interested in networking Macs via their serial ports.  Not for
>LocalTalk, but for PPP, to a Unix machine (Mac OS X Server).



>Once I have the physical link working, I'll putz until I figure out how
>to get the other stuff running. :)
>
>Eagle

I run my firewall/router/DNS Server NetBSD IIci via a serial console. 
I monitor it with my G4 and have also done the monitoring with my 
Power IIci.  Just hook up a serial between your two machines.
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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[rcjennings]

I've looked into this myself before.  Based on some quick 
Googling, I believe it is possible.  Let me know if these links are of 
any use to you:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Mac-Terminal-2.html

http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich/macnetwork.html

Rob

- Original Message -
From: Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, June 14, 2002 2:11 pm
Subject: Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports
> 
> Ken,
> 
> Thanks for your response, but I'm not trying to get them 
networked 
> via 
> AppleTalk -- I don't want to do File Sharing.  I want to get an old 
> Mac 
> onto Internet, and to do that I want it to talk (via PPP) to 
> another 
> computer.  But I want to do that over a serial cable instead of 
> over a 
> modem.
> 
> There ought to be a way to do this -- all it should take is a null 
> modem 
> cable (two DIN8-to-DB25 cables and a null modem adapter 
should also 
> work) and the proper software.  I'm sufficiently versed in software 
> and 
> will eventually figure out that end of it -- the only thing I need 
> help 
> with is the physical layer.  I don't know what constitutes a "null 
> modem 
> cable" for a Mac -- my serial port knowledge is only on PCs, and I 
> have 
> yet to figure out what of that translates to the Mac.
> 
> Another way to look at is like this: I want to use one Mac as a 
> terminal 
> on the other.  I know ZTerm will allow me to do this, but how can I 
> hook 
> the two up to get ZTerm to work?  The project is much more 
complex 
> than 
> that, but that's where it starts.  All of the instructions I've 
> found 
> detail how to do what I want to do... but over a modem.  I want to 
> do it 
> via null modem -- directly from computer to computer.
> 
> I just don't know what kind of cable I need.  And I don't have any 
> idea 
> where to find one. :(
> 
> Eagle
> 



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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[the pickle]

At 15:08 -0700 on 14/06/02, Steven wrote:

>> I just don't know what kind of cable I need.  And I don't have any idea
>> where to find one. :(
>>
>> Eagle
>>
>To connect 2 Macs together (besides ethernet), you just need a simple
>printer cable.  Each end of the cable will have the apple logo on it.

Which won't work at all for what he's trying to do.

A Mac printer cable is NOT a null modem cable.

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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Steven]

> I just don't know what kind of cable I need.  And I don't have any idea
> where to find one. :(
>
> Eagle
>
To connect 2 Macs together (besides ethernet), you just need a simple
printer cable.  Each end of the cable will have the apple logo on it.
Printer/modem ports are the same cable.

If I had an extra, I'd send it.  I'm sure someone here can supply a printer
cable.

Don't search eBay for this.  Whenever a seller says "Apple", "Macintosh",
etc., he/she will charge extra.

Steven


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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Steven]

After many failed attempts at getting the Stylewriter 2500 to work, I was
told that some printers aren't "networkable".  This printer will not work on
a PhoneNet network, period.

Steven

> I guess I don't understand what you mean by "null modem cable." What does
> that have to do with the fact that the "Mac would not recognize the
> printer?" A printer on a "PhoneNet Network" would only be seen if it
> either was "shared" (and connected to an open serial port on one of the
> Macs in the chain) or if it was an "AppleTalk" printer (generally laser
> printers with NT in the name or otherwise configured with an AppleTalk
> card or device.
>



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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Eagle]

Response toward the bottom.

On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 04:36 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My Reply follows quote. On 14/06/2002 10:33
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
>> From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven)
>>> Greetings, all.
>>>
>>> The short version: are printer cables null modem cables?  Can a 
>>> PhoneNet
>>> cable/connector be used as a null modem calbe?
>>>
>>> The long version:
>>>
>>> I am interested in networking Macs via their serial ports.  Not for
>>> LocalTalk, but for PPP, to a Unix machine (Mac OS X Server).
>>>
>>> I've been looking around for info on doing this -- looking at the FAQ,
>>> searching google, looking at Amber's site and other Mac networking
>>> sites.  So far I've come up empty handed.
>>>
>>> All I am trying to figure out right now is how to hook up two Macs via
>>> their serial ports, so they can talk to each other, as over a null 
>>> modem
>>> cable.
>
> Just hook the two Macs together via their Printer Ports, set file 
> sharing
> on each, open the Chooser and activate AppleTalk on each and go to work.
> Depending on your OS you may have to configure the AppleTalk control
> panel as well.
>
>>> Is it possible to use my PhoneNet connectors and cables for this, if 
>>> I'm
>>> just going to have two Macs on the wire?  If not, can I use a printer
>>> cable?  (I found a reference that implied that those might be null 
>>> modem
>>> cables.)
>
> For two macs you could use either PhoneNet or a serial cable. See above,
> concerning the printer.
>
>>> I have a couple of DIN9-DB25 cables, but no gender changers and no 
>>> null
>>> modem adapters, so no matter what I do I'll likely be buying something
>>> or cutting ends off my serial cables.
>
> Huh? I have never heard of a way (doesn't mean there isn't one,
> certainly) to get a PC to talk to a Mac over serial connections without
> inserting an AppleTalk card into the PC.
>
>>> Once I have the physical link working, I'll putz until I figure out 
>>> how
>>> to get the other stuff running. :)
>>>
>>> Eagle
>
> An interesting project. Have you been to: <
> http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/ltalk/index.html> or to:
>  to do a bit of "reading up?"
>
> Have fun
>
> Ken

Ken,

Thanks for your response, but I'm not trying to get them networked via 
AppleTalk -- I don't want to do File Sharing.  I want to get an old Mac 
onto Internet, and to do that I want it to talk (via PPP) to another 
computer.  But I want to do that over a serial cable instead of over a 
modem.

There ought to be a way to do this -- all it should take is a null modem 
cable (two DIN8-to-DB25 cables and a null modem adapter should also 
work) and the proper software.  I'm sufficiently versed in software and 
will eventually figure out that end of it -- the only thing I need help 
with is the physical layer.  I don't know what constitutes a "null modem 
cable" for a Mac -- my serial port knowledge is only on PCs, and I have 
yet to figure out what of that translates to the Mac.

Another way to look at is like this: I want to use one Mac as a terminal 
on the other.  I know ZTerm will allow me to do this, but how can I hook 
the two up to get ZTerm to work?  The project is much more complex than 
that, but that's where it starts.  All of the instructions I've found 
detail how to do what I want to do... but over a modem.  I want to do it 
via null modem -- directly from computer to computer.

I just don't know what kind of cable I need.  And I don't have any idea 
where to find one. :(

Eagle


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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[KADaggett]

My Reply follows quote. On 14/06/2002 10:33 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven)
>You can hook the Macs up via the printer port with a printer cable.  I know
>AppleTalk will allow you to go between modem ports, but I never tried it.
>
>PhoneNet's are designed for if you will include a printer into the mix, or
>if you need to network more than 2 Mac's.  I have a SyleWriter 2500, using
>PhoneNet (I have a Performa 6320), the Mac would not recognize the printer,
>even though the PhoneNets were properly terminated (I also have a LC II, I
>didn't install the Stylewriter onto that, because I really didn't have the
>HD space (40mb)).
>
>So, yes, the printer cable is a "null modem cable"

I guess I don't understand what you mean by "null modem cable." What does 
that have to do with the fact that the "Mac would not recognize the 
printer?" A printer on a "PhoneNet Network" would only be seen if it 
either was "shared" (and connected to an open serial port on one of the 
Macs in the chain) or if it was an "AppleTalk" printer (generally laser 
printers with NT in the name or otherwise configured with an AppleTalk 
card or device.

>Steven
>
>> Greetings, all.
>>
>> The short version: are printer cables null modem cables?  Can a PhoneNet
>> cable/connector be used as a null modem calbe?
>>
>> The long version:
>>
>> I am interested in networking Macs via their serial ports.  Not for
>> LocalTalk, but for PPP, to a Unix machine (Mac OS X Server).
>>
>> I've been looking around for info on doing this -- looking at the FAQ,
>> searching google, looking at Amber's site and other Mac networking
>> sites.  So far I've come up empty handed.
>>
>> All I am trying to figure out right now is how to hook up two Macs via
>> their serial ports, so they can talk to each other, as over a null modem
>> cable.

Just hook the two Macs together via their Printer Ports, set file sharing 
on each, open the Chooser and activate AppleTalk on each and go to work. 
Depending on your OS you may have to configure the AppleTalk control 
panel as well.

>> Is it possible to use my PhoneNet connectors and cables for this, if I'm
>> just going to have two Macs on the wire?  If not, can I use a printer
>> cable?  (I found a reference that implied that those might be null modem
>> cables.)

For two macs you could use either PhoneNet or a serial cable. See above, 
concerning the printer.

>> I have a couple of DIN9-DB25 cables, but no gender changers and no null
>> modem adapters, so no matter what I do I'll likely be buying something
>> or cutting ends off my serial cables.

Huh? I have never heard of a way (doesn't mean there isn't one, 
certainly) to get a PC to talk to a Mac over serial connections without 
inserting an AppleTalk card into the PC.

>> Once I have the physical link working, I'll putz until I figure out how
>> to get the other stuff running. :)
>>
>> Eagle

An interesting project. Have you been to: < 
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/ltalk/index.html> or to: 
 to do a bit of "reading up?"

Have fun

Ken

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Re: 2500 color stylewriter

[Steven]

Also, this printer is identical to the Canon BCI-21/4000 printers.  I buy my
black ink on eBay for like $1.50, the color for $2.50.  Just search for
BCI-21



> --- dhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have  a color stylewriter 2500 that prints nicely
> > if I have one of
> > those big ink cartridges.  It printed in color too,
> > but ... suddenly
> > stopped printing in color and gives me an error that
> > says, the
> > cartridge is not in there right or something. Is it
> > possible that
> > bigger holder of the black and color cartridges has
> > gone bad.  Anyone
> > have an experience with this printer running it in
> > color?
>
> That printer is basically the same as the BubbleJet
> 4100. Apparently something has gone wonky with the
> color printhead. Check the contacts on it. You can
> even take the ink cartridges out of the printhead then
> wash it (the printhead only) with plain, cold, tap
> water. Dry it with a paper towel and blot the bottom
> on a paper towel. You can also gently wipe built
> up ink crud off the bottom too. Put it all back
> in the printer and try running a cleaning cycle.
> If it still doesn't recognize the color then you'll
> have to get a new color printhead. I don't think
> it's available without buying new ink cartridges.
> Get them for the BubbleJet, not the StyleWriter.
> You'll save some $$$. Probably can't find them
> specifically for the SW anyway these days. They're
> the exact same parts anyway!
>



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Re: Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Steven]

You can hook the Macs up via the printer port with a printer cable.  I know
AppleTalk will allow you to go between modem ports, but I never tried it.

PhoneNet's are designed for if you will include a printer into the mix, or
if you need to network more than 2 Mac's.  I have a SyleWriter 2500, using
PhoneNet (I have a Performa 6320), the Mac would not recognize the printer,
even though the PhoneNets were properly terminated (I also have a LC II, I
didn't install the Stylewriter onto that, because I really didn't have the
HD space (40mb)).

So, yes, the printer cable is a "null modem cable"

Steven

> Greetings, all.
>
> The short version: are printer cables null modem cables?  Can a PhoneNet
> cable/connector be used as a null modem calbe?
>
> The long version:
>
> I am interested in networking Macs via their serial ports.  Not for
> LocalTalk, but for PPP, to a Unix machine (Mac OS X Server).
>
> I've been looking around for info on doing this -- looking at the FAQ,
> searching google, looking at Amber's site and other Mac networking
> sites.  So far I've come up empty handed.
>
> All I am trying to figure out right now is how to hook up two Macs via
> their serial ports, so they can talk to each other, as over a null modem
> cable.
>
> Is it possible to use my PhoneNet connectors and cables for this, if I'm
> just going to have two Macs on the wire?  If not, can I use a printer
> cable?  (I found a reference that implied that those might be null modem
> cables.)
>
> I have a couple of DIN9-DB25 cables, but no gender changers and no null
> modem adapters, so no matter what I do I'll likely be buying something
> or cutting ends off my serial cables.
>
> Once I have the physical link working, I'll putz until I figure out how
> to get the other stuff running. :)
>
> Eagle
>
>



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Connecting Macs via serial ports

[Eagle]

Greetings, all.

The short version: are printer cables null modem cables?  Can a PhoneNet 
cable/connector be used as a null modem calbe?

The long version:

I am interested in networking Macs via their serial ports.  Not for 
LocalTalk, but for PPP, to a Unix machine (Mac OS X Server).

I've been looking around for info on doing this -- looking at the FAQ, 
searching google, looking at Amber's site and other Mac networking 
sites.  So far I've come up empty handed.

All I am trying to figure out right now is how to hook up two Macs via 
their serial ports, so they can talk to each other, as over a null modem 
cable.

Is it possible to use my PhoneNet connectors and cables for this, if I'm 
just going to have two Macs on the wire?  If not, can I use a printer 
cable?  (I found a reference that implied that those might be null modem 
cables.)

I have a couple of DIN9-DB25 cables, but no gender changers and no null 
modem adapters, so no matter what I do I'll likely be buying something 
or cutting ends off my serial cables.

Once I have the physical link working, I'll putz until I figure out how 
to get the other stuff running. :)

Eagle


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Re: 2500 color stylewriter

[Gregg Eshelman]

--- dhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have  a color stylewriter 2500 that prints nicely
> if I have one of 
> those big ink cartridges.  It printed in color too,
> but ... suddenly 
> stopped printing in color and gives me an error that
> says, the 
> cartridge is not in there right or something. Is it
> possible that 
> bigger holder of the black and color cartridges has
> gone bad.  Anyone 
> have an experience with this printer running it in
> color?

That printer is basically the same as the BubbleJet
4100. Apparently something has gone wonky with the
color printhead. Check the contacts on it. You can
even take the ink cartridges out of the printhead then
wash it (the printhead only) with plain, cold, tap
water. Dry it with a paper towel and blot the bottom
on a paper towel. You can also gently wipe built
up ink crud off the bottom too. Put it all back
in the printer and try running a cleaning cycle.
If it still doesn't recognize the color then you'll
have to get a new color printhead. I don't think
it's available without buying new ink cartridges.
Get them for the BubbleJet, not the StyleWriter.
You'll save some $$$. Probably can't find them
specifically for the SW anyway these days. They're
the exact same parts anyway!

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