From: Johannes Wolf (jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 07:30:44 PDT
Dear Victor,
after reading all the opinions about the list I am happy to read a real issue again.
Solving your problem is very easy having the right tool: an electrical pass tester.
If you do not have such a device a simple battery, a view wires and a little light bulb will do the job: connect the lamp with one contact of the battery, connect one wire to the other end of the battery and one to the other contact of the light bulb. If both free ends of the wires are connected, the bulb will light - that is the indication that there is a connection.
Connecting one wire to a mini DIN pin and the other to the unknown wires on the lose end of the cable (one by one) will allow you to find out which wire is connected to which Pin on the Mini-Din.
Connecting the identified wires to the DB9 should be an easy task.
Have fun!
Johannes
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Von: Victor Rehorst [SMTP:victor_at_newtontalk.net]
Gesendet am: 13 June 2001 16:14
An: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Betreff: [NTLK] Building a PC serial cable
Okay, let's get some actual content going.
I'm trying to build an extra PC serial cable for my Newton. I happened to
have a MiniDIN-8 to DB9 cable in one of my boxes of spare parts at home,
and I can take apart the DB9 side. The wires are attached to pins 1-5 on
the MiniDIN-8 (these are the 'lower' 5 pins). According to the diagram at
http://www.oldschool.net/newton/pccable.html
these are the only pins I need.
The main problem is that the position of these wires in the DB9 end are
wrong, and I can't seem to pop them out of the DB9 shell. Pulling on the
wires does not work, nor does shoving a wire through the DB9 connector and
trying to push it out the other side.
Is there any way to get these things out, or do I have to go out and get a
new DB9 shell, re-crimp all of the wires and build a new one?
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