[MacDV] Re: Transferring .mov files from mac to pc

[Michael Winter]

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 02:38  PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:

> If you are not planning to have a network set up all the time the 
> purchase of crossover cable will enable this without the use of a hub 
> or router.   A regular cable will not work because the cable connects 
> the wires  in a different order to each plug.

While true, what you've said doesn't cover the fact that the newer Macs 
have auto-sensing ethernet ports. That is, they "sense" the connection 
and do the crossover themselves if necessary. For a list of Macs that 
can do this and more info, see 
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42717> .

-Mike