>So, can I now go and assume that the DE9 in the Shiva Fastpath has the
>same pinout as the older serial connectors in the original mac and the
>Mac512K?
Unless they used some special Shiva only adaptor (which is HIGHLY
doubtful), then yes, you can make that assumption.
There were only two styles of Localtalk connectors for connecting to
computers, the DE-9 (used by old Macs, PCs, repeaters, and
hubs/routers/bridges) and the mini-din 8 (used by most Macs, printers,
and some hubs/routers/bridges).
In both cases, the pinout was a standard, so if you can find the pinouts
for the mac's din 8 serial port and the old mac's DE9 serial port, it
should be trivial to make up an adaptor.
-chris
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