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Does anyone recognise this cable?

Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2022-02-26 10:30:20 I'm not even sure that it is a mac-related cable. It is some class of break-out cable. It has what appears to a mac DA-15 video cable, USB, FireWire and possibly a mac serial port. With USB & FireWire, it would have to 1998 at the very earliest. The auction link is here: https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/multi-adapter-scsi-glaube-ich.-1192970262 I'll bid on it if I know what card it expands.

Posted by: volvo242gt on 2022-02-26 10:59:41 Almost looks like some kind of adapter to run an early iMac logic board inside a kiosk... The serial cable may attach to either a modem or a printer. Not sure what the third 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone cable is for, though.

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-02-26 11:02:13 Yes, or some kind of KVM or remote console type affair.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2022-02-26 11:18:21 Not long enough for KVM, but it might be a portable breakout cable for a Laptop docking port setup?

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