13 Jul
2024
13 Jul
'24
3:45 a.m.
I'm trying
to source a new I/O cable for a Convergent WorkSlate (this
one is grody from degenerating plasticizers). It's 8P8C with a little
offset snag reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11:
while an "RJ-45" Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is
the right width even though it obviously doesn't have enough
connectors. I messed around with filing down a junk Ethernet patch
cord but that's just making a mess bigger than the icky cable.
There's a connector system called RJ Point 5, which puts the latch clip
on the narrow side, makes the connector half or less the width of a
standard 8p8c modular, and looks like it uses internal pins instead of
surface contacts.