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Working Mini-DIN to standard serial cable?

Before I go buy the parts and make one, has anyone bought a working Mini-DIN to standard serial cable (preferably DB9) recently? You can, surprisingly, still buy cables, but the reviews online warn about missing wires so I am dubious. Posted by: eharmon on 2025-12-09 14:42:08

If it isn't urgent, I will test what I have for Mini-DIN serial cables as I get my 7600 and G3 fired up again in the next few weeks. I probably have extras. Posted by: envirogeek on 2025-12-10 07:02:32

For ones I've made, I get a minidin 9 to minidin 9, lop it and half and solder the appropriate pins to a DE9 connector. You can petty easily determine pinout of the cut up cable with a meter. Posted by: Compgeke on 2025-12-10 11:12:37

I had a similar need recently for a quicktake. I ended up taking a chinese USB (FTDI) to Cisco console cable and putting a mini din 8 end on it. Mini DIN 8 kit: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Adam-Tech/MDP-008?qs=HoCaDK9Nz5fn5Ouk7a6Ckw== A 3D printed TPU cover with strain relief was required as the console cable is too wide for the one from the kit. Posted by: zigzagjoe on 2025-12-10 12:07:24

Thanks folks, I went ahead and built my own. This cable has all the wires and a bare end which is pretty handy! The colors are also correct to spec, at least mine was. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D415MLGV Posted by: eharmon on 2025-12-12 22:53:14