[WinMac] mini din 8 to db9 cable

Tom Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:59:23 -0500

I've got an Apple Personal LaserWriter 320 that I've been using with my
PowerMac 6100 but now I'd like to be able to connect this printer to a
Dell OptiPlex. This printer has only one way to plug into it and that
is through a serial port that's a mini din 8 female plug. The Dell
OptiPlex has the standard 9 pin male RS232 (DB9) serial port on it.
Therefore, I need a serial cable that's got a Mac Mini Din 8 male
connector at one end to plug into the printer and then a DB9 female
connector at the other end to plug into the Dell.

After searching the web I've not found such a cable. Considering it's a
serial cable I'd think you could find one that was originally designed
to connect PC modems (usually DB25 or DB9) to Mac's mini din 8 serial port.

If anyone knows where I might get such a cable please contact me
directly. I've already checked at the Belkin web site.

Thank you!

  ______________________________________________________________________
  Tom Roth Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  tomroth@wfubmc.edu Dept of Biomedical Communications
  http://www.wfubmc.edu/biomed/ Medical Center Blvd
  Tel 336.716.4493 Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
  ______________________________________________________________________

* Windows-MacOS Cooperation List *

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 13:04:37 PDT