Need Sun RJ-45 console cable

Wed Nov 27 10:22:15 PST 2002

No, is this a user error or a failing of the computer makers?
I offer the latter.  At least that odd HD connector on Mac
laptops isn't used elsewhere.

Quoting Greg Kulosa (greg at kulosa.org):
> > Some Macs had DB-25's for SCSI.  And I've seen them used by
> > multiple vendors for parallel ports.S
> 
> Ah, yes, I remember the tech support visit so well.....
> 
> The user had taken the PC printer, and plugged it into the back of the
> Macintosh, and wanted to know why the Mac would not boot!
> 
> The parallel port cable confused the SCSI bus sufficiently that the Mac
> couldn't see it's own boot drive.  Lucky it didn't fry anything.