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Re: Obtaining a null modem cable for my 2GS

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Thanks Alex (et al.), I'm currently looking at the cheapest way to get one to
me, after all we don't have Ebay in New Zealand, so the chances of finding a mac
8 din here is almost zero. Then there is my near complete lack of ability to
solder, despite having a soldering iron, I am pretty awful, so even this option
sounds pretty painful for me, I'd rather just get a pre-made cable, ideally
8-din to DB9 and I think Bill Garber may be able to come to the rescue so I'm
incredibly indebted to him if he can indeed help me out.

If not, then I guess I'll try and get a 8-din from USA somewhere and try your
suggestion Alex.

Thanks all!


Alistair J. Ross
Sent from an Apple ][ - http://apple2.aliross.co.uk

On Wed, 7 Jan 2015, Lukazi wrote:

> I was able to purchase the 8 pin DIN and 9 pin serial plugs from Jaycar Electronics for a few bucks.
>
> Here is how I wired it up:-
> http://lukazi.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/waltr-introduction.html
>
> However the pins on the 8 pin DIN are very close together so it was a bitch to wire up. If I was to do it again I would just purchase a cable (go to ebay and search for 'mac 8 din'), cut it to the required length and then just wire in the 9 pin serial to it.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Alex.
>

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Obtaining a null modem cable for my 2GS Alistair Ross <ajross.nz@gmail.com> - 2015-01-06 20:48 -0800
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  Re: Obtaining a null modem cable for my 2GS Alistair Ross <ajross@gmail.com> - 2015-01-08 08:13 +1300
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