Wanted: bulk decconnect 6 conductor flat cord - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Feb 2007

I've finally decided to go ahead and start making MMJ cables again 
after all.

The seller who has been giving me trouble has given me several reasons to 
go ahead and compete. First off, his last email to me was this:

...
  Ha Ha I didn't copy YOUR idea.  You're so
vain.

 Anyway, it doesn't matter what you say or think about me.  I used to 
 like Texans before this experience.  Well, I like Bush.

 Well, good luck I wish you the best. 
...he then bid on one of my adapter kits to try scare away other bidders. 
I did cancel his bid and added his username to my BBL. Another bidder 
bought the kit, so I didn't even lose a sale over that. I also suspect he 
wanted to see how I had them wired, though I flat out old him to look up 
the DEC pinout.

He bought a 1000ft spool of genuine decconnect cable off of eBay a month 
or so back, and after he started emailing me and then bid on my adapter 
kit, I've decided I'd like to compete with this guy head on. If someone 
has a spool of such cable laying around and wants to part with it, please 
let me know. I tried going after a lot of 10 50ft cables a few weeks ago 
so I could use their cable to make shorter/more useful cables, but a DEC 
reseller nabbed them ;P

Most recently the guy who started copying my adapter kits has changed his 
listings for the MMJ cables he is making after my initial post/rant here 
on classiccmp:
   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130075722308

...
  Digital Equipment Corporation DEC BC16E 10 feet long
DECconnect Office 
 Cable. Made from a spool of genuine, authentic, high quality DECconnect 
 Office Cable and MMJ offset style plugs. The MMJ plugs are high quality 
 and commercially available.

 The crimps are carefully made and thoroughly tested.  I would never sell 
 a cable that did not work.

 Note that once I purchased a crimping tool from an eBayer.  That tool 
 did not work properly and that eBayer later admitted that he sold me a 
 cheap tool.  That particular tool has not been used in making any of my 
 cables sold on eBay.  I now use a high quality crimping tool purchased 
 from a reputable supplier!

 This cable has never been used before other than to test it to make sure 
 it works. Tested on a DEC Alpha and VAX. Will work the same for any DEC 
 machine.

 This is a high quality cable that is tested and working.  It is made 
 from DEC branded cable, not from a third party cable such as Graybar, etc. 
Not like I believe him, especially as this only appeared after my posts...

-Toth