[NTLK] Re: serial cable..

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 04:28:09 PDT


On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, James Simons wrote:

> i've used a solder "pick" to depress the tabs on the individual pins.. you
> could use a dental pick to do the same.. the only problem is, that if you
> push the tab in too deep, it's very hard to return it to it's original
> position.. either it's going to get pushed all the way in, or you might
> break it off when lifting it up..
>
> other than that, get another DB-9 shell and start over..

I went to my local Radio Hack yesterday and they didn't have the little
pin tool, so I just bought a new shell, yeah.

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