14 Nov
2003
14 Nov
'03
8:28 a.m.
Hiyas,
Now that I'm doing nothing anyway, might as well pester y'all
with a question. Its offtopic, so there.
I am blessed with many feet of DECconnect cable (ya know, the
flat serial cables DEC used) and most of that cable is crimped
with one MMJ, and one RJ45 - probably cables going to RJ45 wall
sockets.
Obviously, I want to get rid of the RJ45's, soo.. where does
one order a bag (250-500) of these MMJs these days? I have
the right tools for it, just not the MMJs - used to have them
a long time ago, but that supply didnt last forever ...
If anyone knows a source, preferrably in Europe, that would
be great!
Cheers,
Fred
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14 Nov
14 Nov
8:50 a.m.
"Fred N. van Kempen" wrote:
I am blessed with many feet of DECconnect cable (ya
know, the
flat serial cables DEC used) and most of that cable is crimped
with one MMJ, and one RJ45 - probably cables going to RJ45 wall
sockets.
Obviously, I want to get rid of the RJ45's, soo.. where does
one order a bag (250-500) of these MMJs these days? I have
the right tools for it, just not the MMJs - used to have them
a long time ago, but that supply didnt last forever ...
Jerome Fine replies:
A fellow that made up the cables for me last time might
still have a bag. I left a message for him to call me.
By the way, I sent you a private e-mail. Did you receive
it? Any response?
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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9:16 a.m.
New subject: Interface a Poqet to a Floppy Drive - Seek Help
I need a little help here. I have the following:
Poqet Model No. PQ0164
Poqet 3.5" Drive Model No. PQ0511
Link Cable Model No. 0545
The connectors on the Drive are labeled:
"Floppy Controller" (female, 25pin DB)
"Serial Port" (male, 9pin DB)
The connectors on the Link Cable are: female, 25pin DB and female, 9pin DB
Since the 25pin connector is the wrong gender, I'm assuming it is not the correct
cable to
interface the Poqet to the drives. But I could be wrong. Perhaps only a gender changer
is
needed.
Questions:
1) Is the Link Cable above, the correct cable to interface the Poqet to the floppy drive?
2) If it is, should I be using a gender changer and connect to the "floppy controller
connector"
(seems likely) or to the Serial Port, which does not require any gender changer?
3) Assuming this is the correct cable, is there any other software that is required,
beyond
what is available on the Poqet ROM? I hope, since I have no other software.
4) I assume some config.sys or autoexec.bat entries are required to access this 3.5"
floppy
drive. Anyone have a the correct configuration to access these Poqet drives?
On a slightly different subject:
1) I also have two RAM modules plugged into the ports on the back. How does one access
these RAMs? As drives? I don't see anything that allows access to these.
Can anyone explain how to gain access to the 512K RAM and the 64K RAM modules.
Thanks,
9:28 a.m.
On Friday 14 November 2003 14:28, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Hiyas,
Now that I'm doing nothing anyway, might as well pester y'all
with a question. Its offtopic, so there.
I am blessed with many feet of DECconnect cable (ya know, the
flat serial cables DEC used) and most of that cable is crimped
with one MMJ, and one RJ45 - probably cables going to RJ45 wall
sockets.
Obviously, I want to get rid of the RJ45's, soo.. where does
one order a bag (250-500) of these MMJs these days? I have
the right tools for it, just not the MMJs - used to have them
a long time ago, but that supply didnt last forever ...
I got my plugs and crimping tool from L-com:
http://www.l-com.com/
jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=5370&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=5370
They sell bags of 100 for $30, which I'd call a reasonable price,
considering that they probably aren't used much anymore.
They've also got some other 'neat' products, and their prices seem
quite reasonable.
Pat
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2:08 p.m.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Obviously, I want to get rid of the RJ45's, soo..
where does one order a
bag (250-500) of these MMJs these days? I have the right tools for it,
just not the MMJs - used to have them a long time ago, but that supply
didnt last forever ...
Cables.com has them for $0.19 apiece, quantity 1. That's the best price
for which I could find them.
Peace... Sridhar
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