hi,

> Ok, it seems like getting MiniDin connectors is hard where I live, so
> where did you bought your connectors/cables ? I'm from Portugal, so
> Europe shops are prefered over the others ;) I can do the 
> wiring/soldering
> necessary to make a MiniDin-8<->DB9 cable, so what I really need is 
> just
> the connector, but I think I can buy the whole cable if the price is 
> worth
> it and I have some guarantee that it will work (it must be mac 
> specific, not
> sgi, sparc, etc.. as you know).
>
> Anyone bought online connectors/cables for their macs recently ? ;)
>
> -- 
>  Rui Paulo <rpaulo@netbsd-pt.org>        
> http://www.netbsd-pt.org/users/rpaulo/

i soldered mine myself -- the connectors (even the MiniDIN) is pretty 
commodity stuff, you should be able to get them in every well sorted 
shop :)

anyway, a nice resource for pinouts is here:

http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/A-B-Ycablepinout.html

cheers!

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