Re: IIgs Cassette Interface

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <1185329988.698440.51430@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
bnfmsgeek  <bnfmsgeek@gmail.com> wrote:
>> A USB-to-serial dongle would be the cheapest way to go...maybe $20-$30, with
>> maybe another $10-$15 for cables and adapters (Mac-to-modem cable with
>> hardware handshaking, null modem adapter, DB-25-to-DB-9 adapter).  Any
>> decent computer store should still have all of those in stock.
>
>OK, that's what I thought. Can you help me find what I need? Perhaps
>point me to the correct website? I'm kinda new to this.

If I had to gather up these parts, I'd just head over to Fry's.  Newegg
should also have most of this stuff, as most of it is fairly standard and
widely available.

The exception appears to be the cable that'll plug into the IIGS...nobody
uses dial-up anymore, so they're not much call for cables to connect a modem
to a computer.  I was able to find this:

http://www.provantage.com/apc-cables-0356~7ABLE022.htm

If you're handy with a soldering iron, you could just make a cable with a
mini-DIN-8 connector on one end and a DB-9 connector on the other end, wired
in a null-modem configuration:

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#006

Plug that into a USB-to-serial dongle (available nearly everywhere) and
you're good to go.

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