Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue Apr 24 12:05:16 2001

Steve brought up a point I didn't think of - that it's probably a 23 pin
d-sub (I didn't count them) and is probably for a monitor.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gunther Schadow
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????
>
>
> Russ Blakeman wrote:
> > In a batch of power adapters and cables I found a stereotypical
> Commodore
> > style beige serial type cable, having the DIN plug on the end -
> but only on
> > one end. The other end is a 25 pin female d-sub. I know it's
> factory as the
> > housing for the 25 pin has the C= emblem molded into it.
> >
> > Anyone know the function of this cable?
>
> This does sound like a serial cable to connect to a modem ... although,
> wouldn't a DCE device want a D25 male plug? Well, I guess you can easily
> find this out if you test the connectivity of the pins on either end.
> I still have my C64 manual at home, so I can look up what you should
> expect to see with the serial cable.
>
> regards
> -Gunther
Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 12:05:16 BST