--- Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co> wrote:
> Sure; they're at
>
> http://www.intel.com/support/si/dial/netmodem/software.htm
Thanks!
> >> Now I have another question: How do you connect the Fastpath 4's
> >> DE-9 Localtalk connector to a phonenet network?
-snip-
> >With a standard (ancient) DE-9<->PhoneNet adapter. Barring that, I
> >have made DIN-8 to DE-9 LocalTalk adapters
>
> >You would need a female DIN-8 connector to go the other way.
>
> That would be the trickiest part... I think that I should
> try wiring the DE9 directly to a 4wire phone cable; it is easier
> to find a phone cable than a female DIN8.
That won't work. The LocalTalk/PhoneNet adapters are not passthrus.
Apple LocalTalk adapters contain self-terminating connectors (the
plastic pip in the end of the cable pushes on a switch that disengages
the internal terminator; PhoneNet adapters use RJ-11s with
external terminators), and both adapters contain at least a transformer,
IIRC to couple the Mac to the network. There might also be a resistor
or two in the adapter. I haven't opened up one in over 10 years.
If you have a spare adapter you wish to sacrifice, you could cut the
DIN-8 off and install a DE-9 instead. If you had enough cable, you
could take the DIN-8 pigtail and put a matching DE-9 on _that_ so you
could recombine the two pieces if you needed it for its original use.
-ethan
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Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 11:51:00 BST