Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 11:11:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: jmb@kryten.atinc.com (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com, freebsd-hardware@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: if_zp driver Message-ID: <199507261811.LAA25982@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9507261149.G13416-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jul 26, 95 11:27:13 am
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> > On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, James Leppek wrote: > > > I really need to hook a couple of notebooks together to move a > > large amount of data for a demo and I do not have a small hub. > > Hmmmm maybe I could just flip the transmit and receive TP lines, > > kind of like a TP NULL modem :-) Yes, you can do that, cross compling of TP ethernet works just fine, if you need the cable wiring for this it is: A B 1 3 2 6 3 1 6 2 > > if you can live with 70kB/s, get yourself a laplink cable and use > lp0 to transfer the data from box to box. (a wiring diagram is in > /sys/i386/isa/lpt.c). i bought a cable at microcenter for ~$10. A reasonable alternative, but if you already have the ethernet and the tools to make the cable that is a better solution. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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