cables

2003-01-17 Thread R.A. Cantrell
What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires the db-15 two row to 4 co-ax ends cable? -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Dig

printer cables???

2002-09-29 Thread Yvetta Williams
I am trying to set up the Apple laserwriter II NTX printer with the Apple IIci computer. The apple talk cable that I have on my other older mac doesn't fit on the IIci. There is a printer cable port on the printer and on the computer. The port on the computer has an arrow going up and another

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dustinr
A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically the big ones (19", etc..) - used the coaxial connections on the back. I have a Sony 19" monitor that uses those connectors. dustin Quoting "R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires th

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dustinr
A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically the big ones (19", etc..) - used the coaxial connections on the back. I have a Sony 19" monitor that uses those connectors. dustin Quoting "R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires t

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dustinr
A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically the big ones (19", etc..) - used the coaxial connections on the back. I have a Sony 19" monitor that uses those connectors. dustin Quoting "R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires th

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dustinr
A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically the big ones (19", etc..) - used the coaxial connections on the back. I have a Sony 19" monitor that uses those connectors. dustin Quoting "R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires t

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dan_A
At 9:30 AM -0600 on 1/17/03, R.A. Cantrell wrote: >What sort of Monitor/mac situation requires the db-15 two row to 4 co-ax >ends cable? -- Hi- I use them, I believe they are called BNC cables, for my Mitsubishi Diabond Pro 21" monitor. I've also used them in the past for th

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread the pickle
At 09:59 -0600 on 17/01/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically the big >ones (19", etc..) - used the coaxial connections on the back. I have a Sony 19" >monitor that uses those connectors. Yeah, we got that idea the first three times yo

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread the pickle
At 12:07 -0500 on 17/01/03, dan_A wrote: >I use them, I believe they are called BNC cables, for my Mitsubishi Aye, that they are, or the thin coax connector is, at any rate. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread Dustin Rinebold
LOL...sorry guysthe IMP interface on campus was having a tough time, apparently. dustin On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 12:53 PM, the pickle wrote: > At 09:59 -0600 on 17/01/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A lot of the older Sony, Radius, and SuperMac monitors - specifically >> the big >

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread Carlos
Reply follows quoted original sent on 1/17/03 1:54 PM, by the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > At 12:07 -0500 on 17/01/03, dan_A wrote: > >> I use them, I believe they are called BNC cables, for my Mitsubishi > > Aye, that they are, or the thin coax connector is, at any rate.

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread the pickle
At 20:47 -0500 on 17/01/03, Carlos wrote: >Some of these have three (RGB) and some have four (RBG+sync?) BNC >connectors. I suppose the three are for sync-on-green monitors. We used to Sounds like a reasonable guess. I hadn't thought of that, but it sure makes sense now. Thx for the info :) >

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread Carlos
Reply follows quoted original sent on 1/17/03 8:51 PM, by the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> old-style analog video. I've always wondered if the pin-outs on the >> Macintosh/DB-15 end are all the same or if different video cards have > > Got an o-scope? Or even a multimeter? An o-scope would t

Re: cables

2003-01-17 Thread dan_A
At 8:47 PM -0500 on 1/17/03, Carlos wrote: > I ask b/c I have a couple old monitors with the BNC >inputs and I couldn't get them to work with my PCI video cards. > carlos -- Hi Carlos- The Mitsubishi monitor using this cable (which has 5 leads) is attached to an ims twin turbo 8m pci card in a

Re: printer cables???

2002-09-29 Thread Al
the port you have identified is an ethernet port. what you need to look at on the back of the llci is a port with a printer icon this is the port you need. the ntx will have a similar port. the cable you need is an 8 pin mini-din male - 8 pin mini-din male Al Yvetta Williams wrote: > > I am tr

Re: printer cables???

2002-09-29 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Yvetta Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to set up the Apple laserwriter II NTX > printer with the Apple > IIci computer. The apple talk cable that I have on > my other older mac > doesn't fit on the IIci. Do you have the three wire AppleTalk cable? You'll need the 8 pin Mini

Re: printer cables???

2002-09-29 Thread Jim McGee
aria/Ports/Ports_Pinouts.pdf In this case look at: computer port locations> IIci Jim - Original Message - From: "Gregg Eshelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: printer cables??? &g

cables Re: AAUI networking

2002-05-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rule #1: never shop at office supply stores for > cables. They charge WAY > too much. You can get 5-packs online for that > price. Bet RJ-11 fone > cables are about $9 there too :) I buy cables from www.cableclub.com

Video cables for AV Macs.

2001-08-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
http://www.svideo.com/svideorca.html This outfit has all those special video cables needed for AV Macs, including the ones on the x100 PowerMacs. (Of course if anyone knows where I can get a pair like the original Apple supplied ones for the x100 AV card, I'll buy them.) = "

simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-26 Thread flawed jai
I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, and it seems that there is a convention to the way they must be attached, both on the board and on the device they power. so far I seem to deduce that

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-26 Thread Scott Holder
At 09:13 PM 4/26/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a >red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, >and it seems that there is a convention to the way they must be >attached, both on the board and on

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-26 Thread J.S. Garrison
- Original Message - From: "flawed jai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: simple questions when replacing power cables > I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-26 Thread E McCann
At 09:13 PM 4/26/02 -0700, you wrote: >I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a >red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, >and it seems that there is a convention to the way they must be >attached, both on the board and on

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
. That's convention on both Mac and PC for all ribbon cables. :) Hard drive power connectors have two beveled edges so you can't plug them in wrong without breaking things. "OT-land" stuff. For the AT type PC mobo power plugs, they go black wires together and they have small b

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-27 Thread A. Daniel King
flawed jai wrote: > > I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a > red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, Let's please take the PC specifics elsewhere (perhaps http://lowendpc.com). Thanks for keeping the focus here o

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-27 Thread Mark Benson
>flawed jai wrote: >> >> I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a > > red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, Hmm, now you mention it the PC related stuff is rather too OT (sorry I read the thread very last nig

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-27 Thread R.A. Cantrell
on 4/27/02 8:58 PM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't mind -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Suppo

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-28 Thread Phil Beesley
On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 04:59 pm, Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ATX mobo connector is one piece, fits only one > way and has an annoyingly useless tiny little > catch that's usually oriented so it's nearly > imposssible to get at to release. If you think that the tab

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-28 Thread Mark Benson
>If you think that the tab is difficult to release on an ATX mobo, Gregg, >you haven't spent enough time inside the guts of an SE or SE/30... Once >I've released the tab on a compact, I usually cut it off. Friction will >hold the connector in place assuming you don't operate your computer on >a t

Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-06 Thread RedNight
well the subject carries the question, but I can't find localtalk connectors so I need to know how to make a some. -- []-[]-[] |[]-[]-[] | RedNight+- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | --

Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-08 Thread Philip Stortz
i have the schematic, if interested you can contact me off list. it's easy, and polarity doesn't matter as only transitions are sensed. you use the 2nd and 4th wires of a 4 wire jack on the phone wire side. there's a 50 ohm 1:1 transformer hooked to the phone wires, the other side goes directl

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-06 Thread Hardy Menagh
At 1:36 PM -0700 3/6/03, RedNight wrote: > >well the subject carries the question, but I can't find localtalk connectors >so I need to know how to make a some. >-- Have you tried eBay? they pop up all of the time for spare change. Hardy Menagh, Hardsdisk Ltd., a branch of the Abandoned Computer

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-07 Thread Jeff Walther
At 15:30 -0500 03/07/2003, Vintage Macs wrote: >At 1:36 PM -0700 3/6/03, RedNight wrote: >> >>well the subject carries the question, but I can't find localtalk connectors >>so I need to know how to make a some. Do you need LocalTalk cables or PhoneNet connectors?

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-07 Thread RedNight
>Do you need LocalTalk cables or PhoneNet connectors? They're used >for the same purpose but they're not the same thing. PhoneNet >connectors are cheap and probably not hard to find. I think it was >the Berkeley MUG who first worked out how to make them so you might

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you need LocalTalk cables or PhoneNet connectors? > They're used > for the same purpose but they're not the same thing. > PhoneNet > connectors are cheap and probably not hard to find. > I think it was &

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-07 Thread Rob
Two. The outer two wires of the four.(The inner two are reserved for voice phone) Rob - Original Message - From: "Gregg Eshelman" > How many wires does PhoneNet use in the telephone cables? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
than LocalTalk or PhoneNet.) --- Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two. The outer two wires of the four.(The > inner two are reserved for > voice phone) > > Rob > > - Original Message - From: "Gregg Eshelman" > > > How many wires does P

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-08 Thread Robert Patterson
t;pair is connected to the jacks for the second line you >could have if you paid the telco for it. ;) > >> Two. The outer two wires of the four.(The >> inner two are reserved for >> voice phone) >> - Original Message - From: "Gregg Eshelman" &g

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-08 Thread the pickle
At 09:11 -0500 on 08/03/03, Robert Patterson wrote: >1. Not all RJ-11 phone jacks are wired properly. Since telphones work with Heh. "Not all?" Try *most* :) I'm amazed at the number of jacks I see with only two wires in 'em. Shipping to Canada is *not* that expensive, and people literally *

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-08 Thread David Culler
What a shame. I have some I was going to give you for free, but I don't want to send them to some foreign country. RedNight wrote: In all do reality I don't care,>> I'm more interested in a schematic then places to get them in a foreign country (like the US). A little soldering is no issue, sp

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-09 Thread Jeff Walther
>Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:25:32 -0700 >From: RedNight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables >>Do you need LocalTalk cables or PhoneNet connectors? They're used >>for the same purpose but they're not the s

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread RedNight
>Heh. "Not all?" Try *most* :) I'm amazed at the number of jacks I see with >only two wires in 'em. thats what hapens when "standards" get changes around >Shipping to Canada is *not* that expensive, and people literally *give away* >LocalTalk and PhoneNet stuff on Swaplist quite often. I sug

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread David Culler
RedNight wrote: > > eventually I'll probably find some. no shipping is not expensive but Canada > Customs are bastards. > Yeah, they screw the few good Canadians and let the terrorists pass through. Time to vote someone out of office. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread RedNight
At 12:37 PM 10/03/2003 -0500, you wrote: >RedNight wrote: >> eventually I'll probably find some. no shipping is not expensive but Canada >> Customs are bastards. > >Yeah, they screw the few good Canadians and let the terrorists pass through. >Time to vote someone out of office. Unfortunately t

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread the pickle
At 11:16 -0700 on 10/03/03, RedNight wrote: >At 12:37 PM 10/03/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>RedNight wrote: >>> eventually I'll probably find some. no shipping is not expensive but Canada >>> Customs are bastards. >> >>Yeah, they screw the few good Canadians and let the terrorists pass through. >>Time

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- RedNight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Heh. "Not all?" Try *most* :) I'm amazed at the > number of jacks I see with > >only two wires in 'em. > > thats what hapens when "standards" get changes > around Yes, annoying, isn't it? Microsoft has decided to change yet another standard to how

Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread RedNight
> >Someone wanna 'splain how the that's legal? If you don't pay anything for >it, how are they allowed to tax it of the several things I have ordered/receieved from the US one so far has had the customs forms filled out correctly. They generally stick you with a handling fee on top of it as

Bunch of LocalTalk cables and connectors at a thrift store.

2004-02-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Deseret Industries Phone (208) 678-7855 Address 10740 Fairview Ave Boise, ID 83713 I was there Friday and in their computer and electronics section they had at least 15 of the LocalTalk boxes, some with the older DB9 connector, and at least 10 of the three wire cables in various lengths

Customs charges Was: Anybody know the schematic to build localtalk cables

2003-03-11 Thread Robert Gray
>Someone wanna 'splain how...that's legal? If you don't pay anything >for it, how are they allowed to tax it? It's the law! Obviously it's based on the item's value. If it was based on the declared value, everything would be imported as "free" or a "gift". -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <

Import duties. Re: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone wanna 'splain how the that's legal? If > you don't pay anything for > it, how are they allowed to tax it? A value is assessed then the customs department levies an import duty on it, unless the item was produced in the country you're impor

Re: Customs charges Was: Anybody know the schematic to build local talk cables

2003-03-11 Thread the pickle
At 18:02 -0500 on 11/03/03, Robert Gray wrote: >>Someone wanna 'splain how...that's legal? If you don't pay anything >>for it, how are they allowed to tax it? > >It's the law! Obviously it's based on the item's value. If it was >based on the declared value, everything would be imported as "free