14 Apr
2001
14 Apr
'01
12:19 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
I got my first one in the early '80s when the installation tech(?) was
unable to determine the appropriate jumpers to solder into the
programmable shunt to make the new DEST 'Workless Station' OCR reader
communicate with the S-100 system that it was connected to. Since he
had it working with the SmartCable (the original one with only one
switch) but not with the shunt, I told the sales type that I would keep
the '...Cable'. He agreed. Not long after, I replaced it after solving
the shunt problem.
Subsequently, I found another one (the two switch version) and now have
both. Handy gadgets for 'quick and dirty' one time connections!
- don
Someplace in my "collection" I have a
"smart" cable, just plug it in and it
configures itself for just about anything DB25.
I'm sure that there exist many things for which those work. But nothing
that I've ever tried to use them for. I have ALWAYS had to make a cable,
except one time connecting a votrax to a TRS-80 model 2 using a mountain
hardware matrix switch.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com