I wonder if those mystery 3-legged parts Marty described in the real cable weren't simply plain old diodes in SOT-23 package?
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/DB3X314K0L/DB3X314K0LCT-ND/2354721 On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > I might have a good DigiKey cart to build one Marty Goodman cable now. I > just ordered one, so I'll know if this is actually a good kit when I get it. > IE, do the pins actually work in the 8-pin housing, is the polarity bump > on the 8-pin housing big enough or small enough, is that 6mm id insulation > tubing big enough to cover the diode & resistor next to one of those wires > , etc. Until then, this is just proposed. For starters, I figured it's > best to just follow Marty's specs excatly and only deviate from there after > testing, by which I mean measuring not just using. > > http://tandy.wiki/TPDD#Cable > > > -- > bkw > -- bkw
