8 Jan
2002
8 Jan
'02
2:01 p.m.
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
Not that it will matter, as you don't plan to
build it anyway... but for
reference... MCM Electronics (www.mcm-electronics.com) sells Female Din-8
(although, isn't that size really a mini-din?). Mini-Din, Din, either
way, I know they sell them, as I bought a few a while back to replace the
broken off serial ports on a PowerBook 160. The ones I bought were solder
type, and meant to be used with a cable (so now my Powerbook has two
short cables sticking out the back for the serial ports... no matter, it
sits on a shelf acting as a nat router and backup mail server these days)
If you ever decide to replace these with the right connector, Mouser
Electronics http://www.mouser.com/ or Digi-Key http://www.digikey.com/
should have the correct part. You might also want to check Jameco
Electronics http://www.jameco.com/
There is a standard size Din-8 on the market, but it is not very common.
-Toth