Re: nnnnnnhhhhhh, no ADB cables anywhere

["Paul Pietromonaco" <paulp@wrq.com>]

Galen Tatsuo Komatsu <gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu> wrote in article
<5o81oc$cdc@news.Hawaii.Edu>...
> 	ahh, this bites.  I get a free IIGS but with no keyboard cable.
> Simple I figure, same cable as the Mac so I'll hit the local computer
> stores for it.
> 
> 	Nobody has it.
> 
> 	Computer City had none, (thus quoth the salesdroid "is that
> Apple or PC?"), the nearby office supply superstore had none, Sears
> has none, the locally based store which does Apples had none (and by
> the look of things, is closing up too. =^(
> 
> 	So then I noticed ADB plug is more or less a mini-din plug 
> with less pins and that plastic thingy and getting kind of desperate
> I pondered the idea of taking an extra IWII printer cable I have and
> breaking off the extra pins.  (and using it until I find the genuine
> thing) Anyone else resort to such measures?  And any rewiring necessary
> for the four pins?
> 
Hi Galen,
	Use an S-video cable available at any video store.  Same pinout, and they
work great.
	Virtually yours,
	Paul

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