[NTLK] Newton USB Dongle

[Dennis Swaney]

If IIRC the interconnect adapter used a standard Mini DIN-8 Mac serial
cable and IF the mini DIN-8P referenced pin spacing matches that of the Mac
cable, then it *should* work. Here is some info on the Mac Mini-DIN-8
cable: https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~zben/mac/MacSerHard.html

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 6:29 AM, Jake Bordens <jake at allaboutjake.com> wrote:

> Wonder if this is the right serial pinout to go directly into the
> interconnect adapter?
>
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Android-mac-win10-linux-
> pl2303hxd-usb-serial-rs232-adapter-cable-with-mini-DIN-
> 6P-or-8P/32785461863.html
>
> Would eliminate a cable and adapter in my setup.
>
>
>
> On 2/5/17, 8:29 AM, "newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net on behalf of
> "Piotrowski Paweł (Newton)"" <newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net on behalf
> of newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
>
>     Any link, name, type?
>
>
>
>     > On 5 Feb 2017, at 12:47, Jake Bordens <jake at allaboutjake.com> wrote:
>     >
>     > I recently purchased a FDTI serial cable for use in Mac OS Sierra
> and it worked without drivers.. I had a prolific-chipset cable but the
> driver was causing my machine to crash, so I decided to get the FDTI since
> it was more compatible, and apparently did not need drivers (though I do a
> lot of tinkering so its possible I had a driver installed for another
> device.
>     >
>     > I find it suspicious that it doesn’t show up as a USB device with a
> PID/VID in the profiler… that would indicate that it isn’t even showing up
> on the USB bus.  However silly, maybe try a different USB cable, sometimes
> cheap USB cables are charge-only. I’ve gotten bitten by that before.
>     >
>     > Side note, I would like to acquire one of these “Adriano” dongles,
> if anyone has a stash of them and is willing to part with one. Would make
> development a little easier. My guess is that they are rare, and folks
> don’t want to part with them, and for that I’d understand.
>     >
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