Re: tlug: "laplink cable"

[NanDeYo <rsears@example.com>]

You can also find the pin out in Appendix A of Linux Network Admin Guide
by O'Reilly if you have a copy of it. Bill Bond used this and his cable
works fine with PLIP. Ron Sears

Scott Stone wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 18 May 1998, Karl-Max Wagner wrote:
> 
> > > Does anyone have a used "laplink" cable they'd be willing to part with?
> > > I'm willing to pay.  I don't know if they're still called that or not
> > > anymore, though.  Basically it's a cable that you can hook between two
> > > computers' parallel ports and do neat stuff like plip with.
> > >
> > > Anyone have one?  How much do you want for it?  They're expensive to buy
> > > them brand-new.
> > Take a soldering iron and roll your own. It's done in an hour. I
> > already made quite a few of them. I can mail you the connection
> > list if you want.
> >
> > BTW, the source code of PLIP list the wiring as well. Our friend
> > Niibe Yutaka knows it as well......
> 
> ...but where do you get the parts?
> 
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