Subject: Re: Next step: Now I need some DEC MMJ patch cords, plus misc. hardware
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: 9000 VAX <vax9000@gmail.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/24/2005 13:36:06
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:02:21 -0500, Gregg C Levine
<hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Hello from Gregg C Levine
> Thanks for helping me find that information regarding how to wire an
> adapter for a DEC MMJ cord set to RS232 connectors. Now I need to find
> a place that sells DEC MMJ patch cords at reasonable prices in the US,
> preferably in the NYC area. Also the connector that they plug into.

Get a telephone plug with all 6 pins. remove the plastic lock in the
middle and you are done.

vax, 9000


> 
> The wiring guide that website produced talked about only how to wire a
> DEC MMJ socket to a DB9 or DB25 connector, not my problem, wiring a
> plug to those connectors.
> 
> The funny thing is that a Leviton guide that I have here that
> discusses practically everything telecom also mentions how the DEC MMJ
> connectors are wired. Doesn't give the pin names, just how the things
> are wired.
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> Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
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