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From: fmr@cwi.nl (Frank Rahmani)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Query: 8-pin mini-DIN
Message-ID: <281@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: Sun, 21-Jun-87 08:52:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: sering.281
Posted: Sun Jun 21 08:52:53 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Jun-87 03:32:25 EDT
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Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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Summary: a better solution

In article <2284@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, tjk@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Thomas Krueger) writes:
> About those plugs, I looked at one at the Macworld expo last fall, and
> they look *extremly* hard to work with. They're $3.50 each, and cables
> are about $17.00. If you can help it, avoid doing the work yourself, and
> ask them to make a cable for you.
> 
They *ARE* extremely hard to work with! You don't save anything compared to
the cost of a ready made cable because the investment in time will be a
waste. Anyhow, because we needed very long cables (8-15 meters), we ordered
the plugs. They are readily available in Europe and cost 1$. The soldering
on this miniature plugs costed me such an amount of time and patience that
I had to stop the job.
Perhaps you would like to look into another solution: many computershops
and part outlets sell a cable that has the male 8pin plug on one side
and a joystick plug at the other side (DB-9 female, there is also a model
with loose wires, that one wan't work because pin4 of the 8pin is not
connected). These cables were made to connect standard joysticks to the
Commodore C(1)16 joystick ports. The cables cost 3.50$ and you will need
another DB-9 male plug (3$) to continue the cable.
Looks like a redy-made is the best way to go.
> 	Dave
> 
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Frank, the hardware man			CWI,Amsterdam, the Netherlands