11 Aug
2007
11 Aug
'07
11:18 a.m.
So do I. One of the worst jobs I ever had to do was
'edit' the wiring on
a 9 pin Mini-DIN.
It is so easy! :o)
I don't know why they're so widely used [1].
The don't (IMHO) make
reliable contact, the solder-type plugs are often too large to fit into a
socket that was intended for a moulded one, they have nothing to recomend
them.
Mac uses them since 1982, am I wrong? :o)
Where I can, I buy the plug-to-open-end cables (or
plug-to-plug and cut
them in half) from companies like RS components. Expensive, but it saves
a lot of four-letter words...
That is the same I do here, let make it easy! :)