Re: Commodore 65 and DIN8 cable

From: Rob Eaglestone <robert.eaglestone_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:48:56 -0500
Message-ID: <CABNTyr_pg2dBJejpiRwUj8NuuJ4RzDL02-NRfFbOMuMpLcsgrg@mail.gmail.com>
And don't forget the Law of the Null Ethernet Cable: looks the same, but it
crosses a couple pairs.


On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Justin <shadow@darksideresearch.com> wrote:

> IIRC from the bygone days of yore, when dinosaurs roamed the earth,
> sometimes the cables only had a few pins actually connected.  They were
> usually cheaper bundle-in cables that were for RS232 devices or the like.
> That might line up with Anders’ NC guess.
>
> Justin
>
> > On Mar 15, 2016, at 19:51, Bo Zimmerman <bo@zimmers.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/12/2016 1:13 PM, Michał Pleban wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> Bo Zimmerman wrote:
> >>
> >>> The internal drive works fine in both cases.
> >> Thank you for testing. That is bad news :-( You don't happen to own
> >> another DIN8 cable, do you?
> >
> > OK, I'm going to tell you what happened, but I cannot explain it.
> >
> > The AppleTalk cable was a complete failure.
> >
> > The connectors look identical, right?  The AppleTalk cable was only 3
> feet compared to the 10 foot 1521 cable.
> >
> > When the cable was connected without the 1565, the computer could no
> longer even see the drive.
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Michau.
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
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> >
>
>


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