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Can I use a Macintosh serial cable on machines that have a MiniDin8 connector?

April 26, 2017cable connector machines Macintosh serial

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Can I use a Macintosh serial cable on machines that have a MiniDin8 connector?

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Yes and no. Yes, you can use it, but it doesn’t support the same hardware handshaking lines so you won’t get hardware handshaking. See the NetBSD Serial Port Primer for more information.