[SunRescue] Serial adaptor for IPX

[Sheldon T. Hall]

On Monday, June 12, 2000 5:57 AM, Steven Lawrance wrote:
> Hi all.  I have attempted to make a DB25<->mini-din-8 adaptor for my
> IPX, but no luck getting it to work.  I followed the pinout in the
> Sun Hardware Reference for the IPC, assuming (ie not thinking about)
> that the diagram was of a plug.  Can anyone tell me which way round
> it's supposed to go? ;-)

Save yourself some grief.  Toddle over to a computer or office-supply 
store, and buy a Macintosh modem cable.  That and a null-modem adapter make 
a fine terminal cable.  My understanding is that a "Mac Plus" cable even 
has enough wires to work with a modem, though I've never tried it myself.

Or, if you're not in much of a hurry, Mike Nisewonger has some real Sun 
cables for sale....

-S