Hello Tom.

24 Oct 04 06:52, you wrote to Wayne Chirnside:

 TW> ->  RJT> Are we talking about a mini-DIN connector then?

 TW> -> I've never seen a DIN LPT cable, have you?

 TW>  They used them with Apple(Mac) systems before they jumped big time
 TW> into USB. Althouhg the "Local Talk" was more of a LAN. In fact I
 TW> recently saw a Cat cable RJ-45 to "Local Talk" converter
in FRY's for
 TW> use with some Apple printers..

I've seen RS232 to RJ45 converters used on dumb terminals too,
CAT-* doesn't imply ethernet.

Apples localtalk network runs at the 230400bps rate of their serial ports.
(or did 10 years ago)  back then ethernet adaptors for Macs were extremely
expensive.

Jasen

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