22 Sep
2000
22 Sep
'00
8:03 p.m.
Ok, I need some assistance. I'm working on restoring an older
Japanese computer that requires a male to male 8 PIN DIN cable to
link with some peripherals. Does anyone have a good source for
cables like this? I know I can probably solder something together,
but I was hoping
I think you may well have to make up your own cables... 8 pin DIN
connectors were not that widely used
What's the machine? Some Japanese machines (the Epson HX20 springs to
mind) used an 8 pin DIN socket for the RS232 port. You may need to
wire up the equivalent of a null-modem cable.
There are 2 types of 8 pin DIN (not mini-DIN) plug. One has the outer
7 pins in the same circular arc -- it's a 7 pin DIN plug with an extra
pin in the middle. The other has the first and last outside pins (the
ones near the 'gap') offset outwards. Needless to say these 2
connectors don't interchange, and I've seen both of them used on the
same computer.
-tony