Re: serial connection between an old Mac and a Sun IPX

I had this great idea for a hack a while back. (Hey, we all want Applefritter fame.) I had a Sun Sparc IPX with a dead motherboard. I don't even remember where I got the IPX or why I had it. Anyway, I noticed that the size of its case was just the right size for an SE motherboard! So I got an SE m

Re: serial connection between an old Mac and a Sun IPX

Heh, I thought I was the only one with a SparcStation IPX that I wanted to hook up to a Mac. I messed around with this a couple of months, and it is possible, but you need a serial cable that supports hardware-handshaking (IIRC). My standard Mac Serial Cable doesn't do this, bu I have a Mac to PC

Re: serial connection between an old Mac and a Sun IPX

At 22:57 +0200 on 23/09/01, Norbert van Bemmel wrote: >Does anyone know a way to connect a SUN IPX and an old Mac by using the >serial ports on both machines? The ports look similar, but I 'm afraid that >the wiring is different, so connecting both with a printer cable wouldn't What about making

serial connection between an old Mac and a Sun IPX

Does anyone know a way to connect a SUN IPX and an old Mac by using the serial ports on both machines? The ports look similar, but I 'm afraid that the wiring is different, so connecting both with a printer cable wouldn't work. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... S