IIGS-to-PC serial adapter -- any takers?

["A.J." <naijireja@yahoo.com>]

Hi all,

During my cable-making expedition, I experimented with some crimp pins
and a D-Sub 9 crimp housing in order to make an Apple IIGS-to-PC serial
adapter.  The adapter has a Mini-Din 8 connector on one side and a
D-Sub 9 male connector on the other.  I wired the pins according to the
commonly-used high-speed modem cable configuration, but with a D-Sub 9
connector instead of a D-Sub 25.

I have tested this adapter briefly on an Apple IIGS and I was able to
use it to communicate with my PC at 56 kbps.

There are a couple of small issues with the adapter.  First of all, I
wasn't able to connect the shielding from the Mini-Din shell to the
D-Sub 9 shell.  In addition, the adapter ended up becoming very small,
about 3" from end to end.  I didn't intend to make such a small
adapter, but it happened such as it was.

Since this was an experimental/prototype project for me, I'm willing to
give it away to the first person who e-mails me.  Since Google Groups
mangles e-mail address, you'll have to translate my e-mail address in
order to respond to me.  My e-mail address is
naijireja_at_yahoo_dot_com, without the underscores, with _at_ replaced
with @, and with _dot_ replaced with a dot (.).

I cannot be held liable for any damages that arise from the use of this
adapter.

Thanks,
--A.J.