22 Aug
2011
22 Aug
'11
4:41 p.m.
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
There were a few "smart cables". Many
years ago I used one that was
called, I think, "Smart Cable". ;) It had a plastic chassis with a few
feet of ribbon cable coming out of each end. There were one or two
slide switches on it. I don't recall much more about it.
That's about all that there is to know about them. I guess that I could
take pictures of them, or smash one open to see what's there.
I've accumulated a shoebox full over the years, but never had a reason to
want to use those over other approaches.
On the other hand, the "matrix switch" (10 10throw slide switches, with a
DB25 at each end) was more fun.