Dunno. Here is the materials list for the project:
1 male (with pins) mini din-8 connector
1 female (no pins) db-9 or db-25 connector
a hood or casing for the connector
a length of 8-core shielded audio cable
a 2cm length of insulated wire
a soldering iron
And this is the URL that I found it from:
http://www.oldschool.net/newton/pccable.html
I didn't know that I needed a dongle. I guess I thought I'd see what a
din-8 connector looked like first. If I needed one, where do I find
dongles.
Getting connectivity is important otherwise I can't backup or synchronise
with desktop software.
HTH and thanks for the reply.
Cheers
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Eric L. Strobel
Sent: Friday, 29 March 2002 2:53 a.m.
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Financial calculators
at the temporal coordinates: 3/28/02 9:18 AM, the entity known as Tony Kan
at tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz conveyed the following:
> However I found a site that describes
> how to make a cable up. Time to get down to the electronics shop and pull
> out the soldering iron.
Careful. Is that just an 'ordinary' PC-Mac type serial cable? If you've
got an MP2K, you also need the infamous dongle. If you've found a site that
tell you how to make a cable with a PC (or Mac) serial on one end and the
dongle plug on the other end, I'm sure MANY folks here would be interested.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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