Cable and connector source - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Nov 2001

on 11/9/01 6:04 PM, classiccmp-digest at
owner-classiccmp-digest(a)classiccmp.org wrote:

...
  I wouldn't try to solder a mini-DIN if I
didn't have to. I'd rather just cut
 up a cable and solder the right end to it.
 There are some tricks to soldering mini-DINs in an AppleGuide file called
 "L?ten am Mac". I think one of them involves getting crimp-on solder shoes
 (I'm not aware of the proper English nomenclature). 
I tried cutting up a PS/2 keyboard cable, but of course the pins are wired
different:

Personal Iris 4D/2x Keyboard Cable

        Mini-DIN Pin    connects to   DB-9 Pin
        -------------                 --------

            1           Keybd Recv        2
            2           Mouse Recv        5
            3            Ground           6
            4             +V              7
            5           Keybd Xmit        8
            6              N/C

PS/2 doesn't use a ground pin, or pin 2, IIRC.

So I'm going to find small female crimp on connectors to fasten to the pins
on a Radio Shack mini-DIN plug, when I can get to an electronics supply
store. Radio Shack doesn't seem to have them. I just don't solder often
enough to become proficient at it.

Unless somebody has one of those cables... ;)

Don McClure
Bel Air, MD