Cable and connector source

From: Don McClure <mcclure3_at_home.com>
Date: Fri Nov 9 23:36:48 2001

on 11/9/01 6:04 PM, classiccmp-digest at
owner-classiccmp-digest_at_classiccmp.org wrote:

> I wouldn't try to solder a mini-DIN if I didn't have to. I'd rather just cut
> up a cable and solder the right end to it.
> There are some tricks to soldering mini-DINs in an AppleGuide file called
> "L?ten am Mac". I think one of them involves getting crimp-on solder shoes
> (I'm not aware of the proper English nomenclature).

I tried cutting up a PS/2 keyboard cable, but of course the pins are wired
different:

Personal Iris 4D/2x Keyboard Cable

        Mini-DIN Pin connects to DB-9 Pin
        ------------- --------

            1 Keybd Recv 2
            2 Mouse Recv 5
            3 Ground 6
            4 +V 7
            5 Keybd Xmit 8
            6 N/C

PS/2 doesn't use a ground pin, or pin 2, IIRC.

So I'm going to find small female crimp on connectors to fasten to the pins
on a Radio Shack mini-DIN plug, when I can get to an electronics supply
store. Radio Shack doesn't seem to have them. I just don't solder often
enough to become proficient at it.

Unless somebody has one of those cables... ;)

Don McClure
Bel Air, MD
Received on Fri Nov 09 2001 - 23:36:48 GMT