Re: [WinMac] mini din 8 to db9 cable

Tom Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:36:12 -0500

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Darryl Lee wrote:
>
> Ok, so a serial cable will not work when what you really *need* is
> either an LocalTalk-Ethernet adapter, or a LocalTalk card for your PC.
>
> Again: AppleTalk = protocol, LocalTalk = media
> (Yes yes, at various points in their existence the terms were used
> interchangeably.)
>
> So this means that even though your NT box is speaking AppleTalk, the
> printer ONLY accepts LocalTalk media. (As i recall, in the old days,
> you could use an 8-8pin DIN connector instead of actually having
> LocalTalk or PhoneTalk boxes and cabling.)
>
> Yes, the Etherprint boxes are kind of pricey, but i bet they're still
> cheaper than (modern) LocalTalk cards for PCs (www.copstalk.com).
> Actually, heck, right now there's a bunch of them on eBay all for
> around $30!
>
> And oh, not that it matters, but if you can track down an old Newton
> serial interface cable, it's got 8-pins to 9-pins. Also, it happens
> to work for this Olympus Camera i've got, so maybe you could go that
> route.

I might have found something like that. We had some very old Wacom
tablets that had db9 female plugs on the back of them and the cable with
them of course was a db9 male to Mac mini din 8. I have no idea if the
pinouts match up right but I'm thinking of getting a gender changer so
the cable is db9 female (to plug into the back of the PC) to mini din 8
and trying that. I also found a mini din 8 female to db9 male that
came with our Sonic in order to use Global Village Mac modems with it.
Again, I'd need a gender changer but it's worth a try.

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