Date   : Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:26:43 +0100
From   : Sprow <news@...>
Subject: Re: Linking a BBC to a MAC

In article <020715235502@...>,
   Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> > Message-ID: <199.9a80c98.2a61749b@...>
>  
> RWAPSoftware@... wrote:
> > I want to link a BBC to a MAC computer via the serial ports.  Does anyone
> > know the pinouts for the leads and in particular, where I can get the din
> > plug for the BBC from?? It seems to need two notches in the din plug,
> whereas
> > all the ones I see available nowadays only have one notch..
>  
> The notches are irrelavant and misleading.  As long as there's at least
> one locating lug you'll be ok.
>  
> Having a plug with one notch is the usual situation, and it is standard
> practise to align the plug so the notch is as the top as the plug can be
> accidently inserted upside down.

Except of course the RS423 domino DIN has the notches to the east/west,which
makes the above mechanically difficult!
Sprow.