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Re: Serial cable for Dacta Interface 70909?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 20 May 2002 07:39:13 GMT
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"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMOVEebox.tninet.se> wrote:
> I have just bought (second hand) a bunch of Lego Dacta things (9701, 9702)
> with the computer interface 70909.
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> Of course the serial cable supplied was of the wrong type - Cybermaster
> Female-Female, this interface needs Male-Female.
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> Does anyone know what kind of wiring this cable should have? I tested with • a
> standard modem cable, but that didn't work. Would a normal null-modem • cable
> work, or is there some special wiring?
Hi Anders
The standard RIS Tower cable works. You just need a gender changer to make
it male at one side.
I made a dedicated cable from a standard modem cable, changing a few
connections. You find the cable wiring of the RIS cable in Kekoa's page:
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/
HTH
Ciao
Mario
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| (...) Thanks! I'll fix that when I go back to work tomorrow (today - monday - is holiday here in Sweden, so I have not had a chance to get the stuff for making my own cable yet). I got it working though, by loose wires connecting female <--> female. (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have just bought (second hand) a bunch of Lego Dacta things (9701, 9702) with the computer interface 70909. Of course the serial cable supplied was of the wrong type - Cybermaster Female-Female, this interface needs Male-Female. Does anyone know (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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