[NTLK] Rebulid interconnect-db9 (pc) to ADB (Mac)

Mattias Ståhl stahl80 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 17:43:42 EDT 2012


Yes thats my last option. But i would like to have my newton hooked up to my TAM :)

9 jul 2012 kl. 23:36 skrev Chris Browder:

> Check out newtonsales.com. USB card option for mp2000
> On Jul 9, 2012 5:33 PM, "Mattias Ståhl" <stahl80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the explenation!
>> Actually don't have anyone still selling that old stuff where i live
>> (sweden). Im actually working as a technichian at a Apple Premium Reseller
>> and we don't have any of those things :). More likly to have one in the
>> basement from the old days, bigger problem to find the adapter :)
>> 
>> 9 jul 2012 kl. 23:26 skrev Andrei Chichak:
>> 
>>> Yes, big difference. ADB was the neanderthal cousin of PS/2 for
>> keyboards and mice. Appletalk was a moderate speed network connection, more
>> like USB. Both use a mini-DIN plug (ADB was 4 pins with a key), but they
>> are not the same.
>>> 
>>> On an N2K the interconnect dongle plugged into either a mini-DIN to DE-9
>> cable for PeeCees or a mini-DIN to mini-DIN cable for Macs. For the Mac, it
>> was a regular Appletalk cable (sometimes known as a localtalk cable since
>> Appletalk was a protocol that went over local talk, ethernet, modem, yadda).
>>> 
>>> If you run down to your local old school Mac dealer in town that still
>> laments the passing of MacOS-8, they would probably give you a localtalk
>> cable because you're trying to do something old.
>>> 
>>> Andrei
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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