Re: Making My Own Cable?

[David Wilson <david@uow.edu.au>]

Rob <rsteinmetz-deletethis@mindspring.com> writes:
>You can purchase RJ45 to DB25 or DB9 adapters and use an ethernet patch 
>cable. I have found that method pretty easy to do and you don't have any 
>hot tools. You do need a tool to insert and extract the pins. As far as 
>I know there are no such adapters for Apple ][ connectors, perhaps there 
>should be.

I have used these (making console cables for Sun servers) and have never
needed a tool to insert the pins - just grip the wire and push the
pin into the (correct) hole. Removing them does really require the
appropriate tool (and a stiff wire to push the female connector out
of the hole while the remover is around the wire helps).
-- 
David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia