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Macintosh 128k serial adapter?
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From: Scott Holder <sc...@iamscott.net>
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Heya,
I recently picked up an original Macintosh 128k (for the grand price of
free) that I got working after swapping in some Mac Plus ROMs
(originally gave a sad mac with a ROM Checksum error. Anybody got a dead
128k LB with good ROMs?). I hope to make it fully original someday, but
in the meantime I'd like to use it for a serial console for my Cisco
router and Linux server. However, the serial ports are the old-style
female 9 pin port similar to the mouse ports. Does anyone know of an
adapter that converts it either to a Mac standard RS-422, or even a
PC-standard RS-232 port? I found a few places online offering
Imagewriter cables that'd work for Appletalk networking, but I was
hoping for an adapter to a standard serial port or some sort rather than
a cable end.
I did find pinouts so I could make my own if it came down to it, I'd
just prefer to find a more... reliable solution considering my soldering
skills.
Been enjoying getting this machine running again. It's amazing what they
managed to stuff into 128k RAM, especially compared to the Atari 130XE I
grew up with with the same amount.
Scott
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