>> Trying to identify two cables I ended up with, one to DE-9 and one to Mac >> 8-pin >> mini-DIN. The other end on both is a male 9-pin mini-DIN. These clearly look >> like serial cables, but to what? A cursory Google didn't come up with >> anything >> obvious. They don't fit the Mac GeoPort or Sun SPARC serial ports because the >> pins are slightly out of place. > > Possibly to an Epson PX-8.
An interesting thought, but the PDF manual you linked shows the PX-8 serial port (pp16-17) is 8-pin mini-DIN. This is what the connector on these looks like, including the metal "bar" at the top: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiniDIN-9_Diagram.svg -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- If you use Arabic numerals, THE TERRORISTS WIN -----------------------------
