11 Jun
2002
11 Jun
'02
10:44 a.m.
The tablets are supposedly RS-232 and use an 8pin
minidin. Is that the
same type as Macs and Sun IPCs use?
The Mac Plus and beyond use an 8 pin miniDin for serial. Also, the AV
quadras, and many of the PowerMacs use a 9 pin miniDin (same pinout as
the 8 pin, but with an extra 9th pin added that IIRC, just carries
voltage for powering "GeoPort" devices). The 9 pin version is backwards
compatible with 8 pin cables/devices.
The Mac pinout is pretty well documented, and a quick search on Google
should turn up a number of hits (if you have a problem finding a pinout,
let me know, I have it here somewhere).
-chris
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