Re: Cables

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Ralph Glatt" <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ce9c44dd.0208091848.6b2505d1@posting.google.com...
> Okay, I've finally gotten around to working on a cable so I can use
> ADT to transfer disk images to my //c. The DIN 5 and Dsub 9 were
> pretty easy to find, but I still need the five wire cable that goes
> inbetween them. Anybody know where I can get some? I figure I'll need
> 10 maybe 12 feet of it.
>

Hi Ralph,
what I'd suggest is splicing an old-style PC keyboard cable to a long PC
serial port cable. Or splice a DE-9 connector to the end of a cut-off
keyboard cable, then use a serial port extender cable to do the rest.

Alternatively, RadioShack has wire with 4 or 6 conductors in long lengths.
If you need 8, twist together two fours and tye-wrap every so many feet...
like that.
-Paul