From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [9fans] PowerPC Booting From: Jack Johnson To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1057249903.3825.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:31:43 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e718d272-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 05:14, Tomas wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 at 7:15am, northern snowfall wrote: > > I'd love some assistance in building a serial cable from the > > MiniDIN8 to a standard i86pc serial port. I'm very willing to > > try things out, as long as the factors are known and I'm not > > putting the hardware at a risk of shorting out, etc. > So far it's been impossible to find a MiniDIN8<->DB9 serial cable > (or a MiniDIN8<->DB25 plus a DB25<->DB9 converter), or even a > MiniDIN8 connector. I've got a Wyse 60 from a garage sale and I went to some random Mac store and bought a standard Macintosh modem cable (MiniDIN8<->DB25) and have had zero problems. Another trick you can use if you need a serial console from a Mac (and maybe the Indy, too) is to use another old Mac and find an appropriate cable. You'll find they come in two types: ones with a little Apple symbol on the connector and one with two-way arrows: <--- ---> The latter seem to make fine null modem cables. As for rolling your own, I'm also a wiring loser, but your local severe-geek store (looks like a Radio Shack on steroids) should have MiniDIN8 connectors, and if you're lucky or brave you may be able to find a MiniDIN8<->RJ45 adapter, which means you could get a DB9/DB25<->RJ45 (very easy to find) for the other end, some cable, ends and a crimper and do some experimentation pretty easily, sans soldering iron. Good luck! -Jack