They're also din8, but are TTL level rs232 at 2400bps (if I recall correctly). I remember this offhand as I used one in Linux on a PC connected via a max232 to its serial port for a while. I miss that keyboard :) On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@sfks.se> wrote: > Furthermore, although PS/2 keyboards and mice use a 6-pin mini-DIN, only > four pins are used and just about every cable you will find only has those > four pins connected. > > For what it matters, some video games like the Turbo-Grafx 16 tend to get > modded with 8-pin mini-DIN for RGB output, and it is some kind of > "standard" when it comes to RGB cables on various systems. > > Sun SPARC workstations use 9-pin mini-DIN, if I recall correctly, or were > those 8-pin just like the SGI's you refer to? > > Best regards > > Anders Carlsson > > > Den 2016-02-10 kl. 23:07, skrev David Wood: > > Svideo is mini din 4, as are the adb cables used in most mac 68k and early > powerpc systems. > > PS/2 is mini din 6, rather than 8. > > Mac and end-user SGI systems tended to use mini din 8's for their serial > ports, with similar pinouts- similar enough that a person could use most > mac serial cables on SGI systems equipped with the din8. In fact, I use an > old Mac laplink cable for my origin 2000's console. > > -David > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 4:28 PM, William Levak <wlevak@sdf.org> wrote: > >> >> S-video is mini DIN 8. So are the old Apple cables. These have a >> horizontal key. >> >> PS/2 patch cables are also mini DIN 8. These have a vertical key. >> >> If you can always break off the key. >> >> >> >> On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, MichaÅ~B Pleban wrote: >> >> Hello! >>> >>> A quick update: Today I tried various resistor values between GND and >>> RDATA to no avail. So I decided the best solution for me would be a >>> shorter cable. I got a pair of scissors and began to cut the cable into >>> and shorter parts, while one of its end was still plugged into the C65. >>> I wrote a simple BASIC program which tries to download the disk >>> directory 100 times and gives the percentage of successful operations. >>> >>> Here is the success rate as a function of cable length: >>> >>> 100 mm - 15% >>> 60 mm - 70% >>> 50 mm - 90% >>> 40 mm - 95% >>> 30 mm - 100% >>> >>> Not bad - with a 30 mm cable I can read the directory reliably. SO to >>> test things further, I created a 64 kB SQL file, then used the DOS COPY >>> command to duplicate it, and finally used TYPE to display it on the >>> screen. All the operations were performed without errors. >>> >>> So I conclude that a 30 mm cable does not cause any problems with disk >>> operations. Perhaps it would be best to make it 25 mm just in case - the >>> signals will also need to go a bit over the PCB and the flat ribbon >>> cable before they reach the drive. >>> >>> The big question is now: where can I get a 25 mm mini-DIN8 cable? :-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Michau. >>> >>> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list >>> >>> >> wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org >> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7357 / Virus Database: 4522/11599 - Release Date: 02/10/16 > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2016-02-10 23:01:26
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