Gee!  I thought I had it tough fitting an MD-80 into a Boeing
Hanger...but a MacIntosh?!

Jeff

> ----------
> From:         johns@avenuetech.com[SMTP:johns@avenuetech.com] on
> behalf of John Shreffler[SMTP:johns@AVENUETECH.COM]
> Sent:         Friday, October 17, 1997 10:44 AM
> To:   'pic microcontroller discussion list'
> Subject:      RE: Re- Macintosh Plugs (OT)
>
> Walt:
>
> The Cui-Stack parts mate well with eachother.  The problem is the
> MD-80 does not fit into
> a macintosh port, and if you "mike" the connector shroud it is about
> .007" larger than
> a good fitting mac plug.  I ordered a few from Mouser to see if maybe
> Digikey got a
> bad lot or something.  Same problem.  Anyone selling it should say in
> their ad,
> "Not Mac compatible" and spare folks the heartburn.
>
> I would like to thank all those who responded to this.  The best lead
> I had looks like
> the Jameco #111878 which is only $.55 100+.  I have samples on order
> and can't
> wait to see if they fit.  Jameco is also currently having a close out
> on 6' mac printer
> cables for only $2.49, and I also ordered some of these to see how I
> like the cut-and-
> solder approach.
>
> John
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Walter Lenk [SMTP:Walter_Lenk@TERC.EDU]
>       Sent:   Friday, October 17, 1997 8:38 AM
>       To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>       Subject:        Re- Macintosh Plugs (OT)
>
>                 Subject:   Re: Macintosh Plugs (OT)
>
>       At 10:25 AM 10/15/97, John Shreffler wrote:
>       >I am looking for a source of mini DIN-8 plugs to mate with the
>       >serial port of a mac.
>       (snip) I agree with Tom. A part I have been using is the AESP
> C-29-6, which is a 6'
>       straight thru wired Mini Din 8 to Mini Din 8 cable (straight
> thru allows you
>       to cut it in half and have both ends wired with the same color
> code).  It can
>       be bought from The Mac Zone (800-248-0800) as part # M82625 for
> $4.98 in
>       small quantities.  BTW, I have been using the CUI Stack MD-80SM
> (DigiKey
>       CP-2280) Mini DIN8 Side Mount Connector with no problems for a
> while now, and
>       some time ago bought several MD-80 and MD-80J's with no apparent
> problems).
>
>       I hope this is useful,
>       Walter Lenk    Cambridge, MA
>
>