Re: WTB: Sony CPD-1302 video cable (9-pin to 15-pin)

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Mitchell Spector wrote:
>> I've had a Sony CPD-1302 monitor sitting on my floor about three weeks 
>> now and unable to use it (or even test it) since its missing the video cable.
>> I'd like to connect it up to my Apple IIGS.
>> 
>> What I need is a 9-pin (DE-9 male) to 15-pin (Mac and IIgs) cable, or
>> alternatively a DE-9 to VGA.
>> 
>> It's a long shot but if you have one of these, please contact me.

Sorry, this was only meant to be posted to comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,
I tried to cancel the article but it looks like it still got through.
Though anyway, once you've replied... :)

>Mitch, get an old PC serial cable (9-pin) and an old PC joystick
>(15-pin).  Then cut both cables at an appropriate point and strip
>the wires.  Use a continutiy tester to find out which wires connect
>to which pins, then twist the appropriate wires together to make
>your video cable.
>
>At a thrift store, these should be about $1-$3 each.
>
>If you "stagger" the lengths of the individual wires, and put some
>heat shrink tubing over one end before joining (with or without solder),
>you can actually make a reasonably compact cable splice.  If you can
>fine a piece of larger heatshrink tubing (to put over one whole cable
>before joining), then you can seal the whole thing up nicely.
>
>Tape will work, too, of course, but it's a bit messier.

I took an old Macintosh video cable and cut the connector off one end. 
Inside there are 8 wires, 3 of which are thicker than the others (I'm
guessing they are for the pins carrying the red, green and blue signals).

Of the thick cables there is: Red, Blue, Brown. There remaining thin ones 
are: Brown, Red, Orange, Black and White. I'll have to rig up a homemade
continuity tester but I'm hoping the color coded wires could save me the
trouble. The best I could do for the DE-9 end is a PC serial connector which
has an IDC ribbon cable...the bits of wire are very thin but at least I can
visually trace which pins each wire corresponds to.

I'm ready to splice the two together with tape (I've painstakingly exposed
the metal contacts in each wire) but I need to figure out the Apple cable 
end first. In any case all this would just be something to test the monitor
out, I'd need a more permanent solution.

Mitchell Spector