Date   : Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:41:44 +0100
From   : "Dawn and Austin" <dawnandoz@...>
Subject: Re: BBC to Mac Link Lead

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!

Regards,
Austin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RWAPSoftware@... 
  To: bbc-micro@... 
  Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:26 AM
  Subject: [BBC-Micro] BBC to Mac Link Lead


  > 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!

  Hmmm... So, what is the preferred orientation - I had one din plug
sent to me, but that still only has one notch!!

  Rich Mellor 
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