[NTLK] Rebulid interconnect-db9 (pc) to ADB (Mac)

[Chris Browder]

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On Jul 9, 2012 5:33 PM, "Mattias Ståhl" <stahl80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the explenation!
> Actually don't have anyone still selling that old stuff where i live
> (sweden). Im actually working as a technichian at a Apple Premium Reseller
> and we don't have any of those things :). More likly to have one in the
> basement from the old days, bigger problem to find the adapter :)
>
> 9 jul 2012 kl. 23:26 skrev Andrei Chichak:
>
> > Yes, big difference. ADB was the neanderthal cousin of PS/2 for
> keyboards and mice. Appletalk was a moderate speed network connection, more
> like USB. Both use a mini-DIN plug (ADB was 4 pins with a key), but they
> are not the same.
> >
> > On an N2K the interconnect dongle plugged into either a mini-DIN to DE-9
> cable for PeeCees or a mini-DIN to mini-DIN cable for Macs. For the Mac, it
> was a regular Appletalk cable (sometimes known as a localtalk cable since
> Appletalk was a protocol that went over local talk, ethernet, modem, yadda).
> >
> > If you run down to your local old school Mac dealer in town that still
> laments the passing of MacOS-8, they would probably give you a localtalk
> cable because you're trying to do something old.
> >
> > Andrei
> >
> >
> >
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