Date   : Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:50:32 EDT
From   : RWAPSoftware@...
Subject: Re: BBC to Mac Link Lead

In a message dated 18/07/02 09:44:49 GMT Daylight Time, dawnandoz@... 
writes:


> The preferred orientation depends on how you have soldered your plug 
> together ;-) When I made my serial cable (using the pinout from the back of 
> the Master Service Manual), I plugged it into the Beeb then marked the top 
> with my soldering iron so I could remember which way to plug it in in the 
> future.
>  
> Decide which way YOU want the notch to go, and then solder to the pins 
> accordingly. Does that make any sense? Probably not..... I'm crap at 
> explaining things!
> 

Hmm... ok you are right - but what I do not understand is that if the plug 
has one notch on it and the socket has two locating lugs, how does the plug 
still fit into the socket??

Rich Mellor 
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