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> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of
> Demetrius Cunia
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:18 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] received $150 newton
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just wanted to update you on my experience. I called Jerry
> Brown on
> Wednesday. I faxed him the order and sent my CC number.
>
> I received my units today in very good shape (some minor
> blemishes) and in
> working order. (One of them had one of the two clips which
> keep the door
> open missing.) The only thing these units come with are
> the 4MB card, a
> serial cable (PC -- not Mac) and charger. There is no
> battery pack holder,
> so if you want to use alkalines, that is something which
> needs to be
> purchased separately. (Any one know where I can get a
> battery pack and Mac
> serial cables?)
Your best bet would be to make a short adapter to convert that nice
serial cable to a Mac cable, that way you can have both Mac and PC in
one cable, all you need is a Mac printer cable, and a DB9 cable
mounting socket, details of the pin-outs are on the web, try:
http://www.concentric.net/~cmonica/newton/serlcabl.htm
or:
http://www.concentric.net/~cmonica/newton/serlhard.htm
or:
http://www.oldschool.net/newton/pccable.html
or:
http://www.nsbasic.com/newton/info/technotes/cable.html
none of these sites describe a converter, but they do give you the
pin-outs so you should be able to work out how to build one (I have
built one that goes the other way, from a Mac cable to PC), if you get
totally stuck, I will work it all out and post instructions if needed.
Ben.
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