My Reply follows quote. On 10/04/2002 11:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Brauer) >Hi listers, > >I have here an Apple branded part, #590-0565-A. > >A Google search suggested that it is a Mini-8 connector, and it certainly >has eight pins which sure look like a standard Mac serial cable to me. >However, on the other end of the cable is a small box which resembles a >Localtalk daisy chain device. However, instead of RJ-11 plugs, or additional >serial interfaces, it's sporting two connectors that I'm not familiar with. >They're round, like a standard serial connector, but rather than 8 holes, it >has three small ones arranged in a T (almost like a European power plug) >along with a somewhat thicker hole in the middle of the T. > >Is Mini-8 just another name for the standard Mac serial connection (thought >it was DIN-8). Any idea what these connectors connect to? ---------- Sounds like a LocalTalk cable. Early Apple networking thing, sort of like the PhoneNet boxes for connecting a network together through the serial ports. The ones I have have the Apple logo, but no part number on them. You needed the special cables to connect up the network.
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