Re: tlug: "laplink cable"

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

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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