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Re: TP701 & Mac



At 12:05 AM 4/8/96 +0200, Christoph Eyrich wrote:

>
>BTW, here is an alternative: according to c't 4 (1996), pp 376ff, you
>can use a serial connection (null modem) as the RS-422 of the Mac is
>compatible with the RS-232 of the PC. If you use a modern rate you
>can get a transfer rate of up to 230kb/s. 

The highest rate I've seen is 115 kb/s, and that's bits, not bytes, so 
the overall rate is way lower than, say, a floppy drive.  OK for file 
transfers, but not like you can cross mount the CD-ROM or hard drive and
have it be just like a lan.

-Don Perley
perley@cadence.com