[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial?

2022-09-17 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 21:37, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > > Psion bought my former employer, Teklogix, Inc., of Mississauga, ON., to > provide early wireless connectivity for industrial warehouse and > inventory control. And Zebra bought Psion Teklogix:

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial? (Cameron Kaiser)

2022-09-17 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 9/16/22 6:37 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: These clearly look like serial cables, but to what? The Epson PX-16 used a 9-pin mini-DIN for the serial port: https://electrickery.nl/comp/px16/px16org.html. Fred Jan

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial?

2022-09-16 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
Psion bought my former employer, Teklogix, Inc., of Mississauga, ON., to provide early wireless connectivity for industrial warehouse and inventory control. I wouldn't mind betting some of its products were found attached to Teklogix wireless devices!  (This is all before 802.11 etc)

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial?

2022-09-16 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
> > Possibly to an Epson PX-8. > > An interesting thought, but the PDF manual you linked shows the PX-8 serial > port (pp16-17) is 8-pin mini-DIN. There was an obscure UK computer made by Psion, the MC400 or something like that, and I sort-of remember it had an odd serial connector, possibly a 9

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial?

2022-09-16 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
>> Trying to identify two cables I ended up with, one to DE-9 and one to Mac >> 8-pin >> mini-DIN. The other end on both is a male 9-pin mini-DIN. These clearly look >> like serial cables, but to what? A cursory Google didn't come up with >> anything >> obvious. They don't fit the Mac GeoPort or

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial?

2022-09-16 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 09/15/2022 11:01 PM CDT Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > > Trying to identify two cables I ended up with, one to DE-9 and one to Mac > 8-pin > mini-DIN. The other end on both is a male 9-pin mini-DIN. These clearly look > like serial cables, but to what? A cursory Google didn't