Date   : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:45:16 +0100
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

Thanks for that heads up. I had heard that from somewhere else, but I must 
just have been lucky, as I've baught MIDI cables from several sources and 
they've all been fully wired so have worked okay.

I suppose we need to ask that seller if his connector is fully wired for it 
to be of use...

Mark.

> >> Having run out of DIN T-pieces and not being able to find
> anywhere to
> >> buy more, I've been thinking about acting on Michael's
> suggestion and
> >> building some PCBs along these lines.  Would anybody else be
> >> interested
> >> in buying some?
>
> As MIDI cables are wired the same as Econet, these would do
> the same thing
> wouldn't they?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330323578630
>
> Mark.
>
Be very careful with MIDI cables. MIDI only uses pins 2,4 and 5 (the
middle 3), so some MIDI cables won't have pins 1 and 3 connected, and will
be useless as Econet cables.

I learnt the hard way by buying a few new short MIDI cables from CPC, 
thinking
they would be good for Econet leads, but found they were useless.

Regards

Michael
P.S. Does anyone need some MIDI cables? :-)