Kevin Traas has issued a helpful update to this FAQ that contains a
major correction to the information on
mknod. He is also standing in as a new source for
cables for the device.
The information here was obtained by begging many people for help.
Unfortunately, I have forgotten their names due to a pressing need for disk
space on my Netcom account. :-( Nonetheless, I thank them very much for their
assistance when things looked blackest. This is my way of paying some of that
back.