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| Available replacements for Mini DIN printer/modem cable | |
| Posted by: feltel on 2023-05-12 08:59:40 When things work out the way I hope I soon will have an second compact Mac, an SE30 in good working order. I want to equip this machine with an BlueSCSI and want to use it as some sort of bridge machine for my other compact Mac. I learned that a simple Mini DIN can be used build a machine to machine network. The problem as it turns out those old Mini DIN printer or modem cables are some sort of unobtainium. As one can use a S-Video cable to replace a missing ADB cable I came to the idea that probably a still to buy cable with Mini DIN 8 pin exists? Soldering a proper cable by myself is out of my technical abilities, regular sized DIN is somewhat okay, but Mini DIN no way. :-O | |
| Posted by: treellama on 2023-05-12 09:50:43 I have bought crossovers from this seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/371981646916 The wiring is described in the listing, is how I knew it would work. | |
| Posted by: feltel on 2023-05-12 10:30:31 Sorry, I forgot to add that I'm located in Europe, so my order options are somewhat limited when taking customs and shipping costs into account. My intention of this post was that there is maybe such a cable used for a different machine/product which can be repurposed as a serial cable for vintage Macs. | |
| Posted by: Snial on 2023-05-13 02:45:44 You can still get these cables and connectors from Farnell. It's the same as this: 5m Apple Mac Serial Port Extension Cable - from LINDY UK5m Apple Mac Serial Port Extension Cable Cables & Adapters @ LINDY. The UKs leading HDMI Cable, USB Cable and FireWire Cable supplier. Also supplies connectors, switches and adapters, VGA Cables, DVI Cables, AV Cables and Network Cables.
www.lindy.co.uk
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| Posted by: Phipli on 2023-05-13 03:37:22 Is this Europe enough? Or do you need the mainland? Cables Direct Ltd 8 Pin Mini DIN Cable8 Pin mini din cable typically used for older Apple Mac computers and equipment.
www.cablesdirect.co.uk
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| Posted by: feltel on 2023-05-17 09:05:42 To bring this thread to an end I came to the idea to use two "Phone Net" adapters to reach the goal. It should be equivalent to use an serial cable. But the moment I was to bid for a pair of Phone Net adapters I saw an printer/serial cable for sale. So I bought this. 🙂 | |
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