8 Jan
2002
8 Jan
'02
1:20 p.m.
First, I've never found a female DIN-8
port for sale (and not for lack of looking)
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)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
8 Jan
8 Jan
1:34 p.m.
First, I've
never found a female DIN-8
port for sale (and not for lack of looking)
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?). 
9 Jan
9 Jan
12:14 p.m.
New subject: Commodore laptop: was "Locking Connector Kits" for LocalTalk
Cameron and all Commodore "Gurus". I posted this before with no response.
I have a nice little Commodore Laptop for which I don't have a power supply
adaptor. C386SX-LT "made in Japan" "Funkenstort n. Vfg 1046/84".
I would suspect it was put out by Commodore Germany.
The only reference I've been able to find is for a battery for it. It's 16 v.
The AC adaptor port is an female 8-pin mini-din like the Mac ones. Anyone
have any info as to the pinout so I could make a plug or adaptor for it ?
Lawrence
Not necessarily; the C64's video port comes in an 8-pin variety and they
call that DIN-8 also. Much larger, however, than Mac Mini-DIN.
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Reply to:
lgwalker(a)mts.net
First, I've never found a female DIN-8
port for sale (and not for lack of looking)
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?).
3:48 p.m.
New subject: Commodore laptop: was "Locking Connector Kits" for LocalTalk
Cameron and all Commodore "Gurus". I posted
this before with no response.
I have a nice little Commodore Laptop for which I don't have a power supply
adaptor. C386SX-LT "made in Japan" "Funkenstort n. Vfg 1046/84".
I would suspect it was put out by Commodore Germany.
The only reference I've been able to find is for a battery for it. It's 16 v.
The AC adaptor port is an female 8-pin mini-din like the Mac ones. Anyone
have any info as to the pinout so I could make a plug or adaptor for it ?
Unfortunately, I am beyond ultimately ignorant with the Commodore PC line
(for that matter, I'm hardly serviceable with Amigas either). Maybe someone
on cbm-hackers knows, if you read that list.
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Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu
-- To err is human -- to forgive is not company policy. -----------------------
10 Jan
10 Jan
6:32 a.m.
New subject: Commodore laptop: was "Locking Connector Kits" for LocalTalk
--- Lawrence Walker <lgwalker(a)mts.net> wrote:
Cameron and all Commodore "Gurus". I posted
this before with no response.
I have a nice little Commodore Laptop for which I don't have a power
supply adaptor. C386SX-LT "made in Japan" "Funkenstort n. Vfg
1046/84".
Sorry... too new for me. I have tech notes on some of the 8-bit C=
PeeCee desktops, but no laptops.
-ethan
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8 Jan
8 Jan
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
9 Jan
9 Jan
6:44 a.m.
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10 Jan
10 Jan
5:33 a.m.
As has been mentioned here before, the Epson QX10's keyboard connector
was a DIN-8 but the pins were offset a bit. I thought at first the pins might be
bent since the connector would start to enter the port. Luckily I didn't force
it and spoil the connector, even tho it seemed on inspection to be the same
as other 8-pin DINs.
Lawrence.
There is a normal 8 pin DIN. That's the same diameter is the 5 pin DIN
used for the PC keyboard port, audio connections, etc. In fact there are
2 different 8 pin DINs, both the same diameter, with different
positioning of the first and last pins in the 'circle'. Both types are
used on classic computers, in fact some machines have one of each type of
connector on them, so you can't get them the wrong way round.
There is also the 8 pin mini-DIN used for (e.g.) the Mac serial ports.
Those are not DIN-8s, no matter what the catalogue may call them (didn't
we just go through a thread which seemed to be based on the idea that
catalogue terminology is not always correct :-)).
-tony
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)mts.net
First, I've never found a female DIN-8
port for sale (and not for lack of looking)
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
9:50 a.m.
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
As has been mentioned here before, the Epson
QX10's keyboard connector
was a DIN-8 but the pins were offset a bit. I thought at first the pins might be
bent since the connector would start to enter the port. Luckily I didn't force
it and spoil the connector, even tho it seemed on inspection to be the same
as other 8-pin DINs.
DigiKey and Mouser both sell this type of connector. They have 2 different
types of 8-pin DIN connectors. I've run into this connector a few times in
custom/specialty equipment. Square DIN connectors are even more fun ;P
-Toth
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