[net.audio] 8 pin DIN plug?

vhm55611 (11/19/82)

I have an HK CD301 cassette deck, which has a socket on the back for
a remote controller. The controller itself is sold by Nakamichi, and
costs many more dollars than I really care to spend for something as
simple as it is (it essentially consists of several pushbutton switches,
to ground the appropriate control line, as far as I can tell from the
schematic of the deck). So, I'll probably build one, except that the
plug that I need to fit the socket is rather hard to find. It appears
to be a DIN-type plug, but with eight contacts instead of the usual
four or five. Can anyone give me any ideas on where to get the part?
The pin configuration is: one in the middle, the other seven in a circle
around it, spaced as if there were eight in the circle.
Something like this:
                            *
                        *        *

                      *     *     *

                        *        *


I've looked at Radio Shlock and a couple similar stores, as well as
stereo stores. I also had no luck so far looking in electronics parts
catalogs. If you can know of a place near here (BTL-IX, i.e. the
western 'burbs of Chicago), or of a good place to try to mail order it
from, please send me a note. Alternately, has anyone ever tried to get
parts directly from Nakamichi?  Anyone have an address and/or phone
number for them that I could try?
	I would appreciate any appropriate responses mailed to me (or you can
even call if you're local).  (No need to post to the net, as far as I can see).
	
	Vic Mitnick
	BTL-IX x1621
	..ihuxk!vhm55611