gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) (01/28/89)
In article <7454@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes: > Does anyone have any sources for UNIX-PC keyboard cables? > A while back, someone posted information giving a number > of sources of longer cables, coiled/non-coiled, shielded, etc., > but I can't seem to dig this up. Here's all I could find in the archives on the subject: |Path: husc6!sri-unix!rutgers!mtune!cbosgd!gwspc!n8emr!oink!jep |From: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior) |Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att |Subject: Keyboard Cable |Message-ID: <118@oink.UUCP> |Date: 29 Aug 87 06:17:01 GMT |Reply-To: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior) |Organization: Random Prime Research Institute Columbus, Ohio |Lines: 55 | |Are you fed up with the cable that connects your UNIX-PC to its keyboard? | |I certainly am. It is much too short. So I am looking for a keyboard |extension cable. If you know of such a beast, please let me know how I may |get one. | |Murphy warns me not to expect such a cable to be available, so I am |prepared to take this matter into my own hands. | |Do you want such a cable? If so, then please let me know. Also say |how long you think the cable should be. How much would you expect such |a cable to cost? How much would you be willing to spend on it? Should |the cable be coiled or straight? Please send me mail with your answers. |I'll post a summary of your replies. The more responses there are, the more |likely some company would consider making the beast. | |I am accustomed to proping up a |monitor on the far side of a desk, propping my feet upon the near edge of |said desk, leaning back and typing with the keyboard on my lap. The UNIX-PC |keyboard cable is always fighting me. It looks neat sitting on the box, but as |soon as one pulls it off the box and sits it down in front of the box, the |coiled cord starts pulling. It probably would have been long enough, if it |hadn't been coiled. Does anybody know how to uncoil it without unduly |stressing the conductors? | |I myself, have the means to splice in some extra wire, but it wouldn't be |as nice as a cable done right. I would sure like to see a good long cable. | |My own empirical ohmic study of the cable has established the following |connections as looking into the ends of the cable. The numbering of pins |is my own. The ends are identical. | | Bare | Shield | Side |+-+-+-+-+ ||1|3|5|7| |+-+-+-+-+ ||2|4|6|8| |+-+-+-+-+ | | One End Other End |Bare Shield Bare Shield | 1 1 | 2 2 | 3 3 | 4 6 | 5 5 | 6 4 | 7 7 | 8 8 | |Notice how pins 4 and 6 are swapped, similar to that of a null modem. |-- |James E. Prior {ihnp4|cbosgd}!n8emr!oink!jep | | |Path: husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!cbosgd!gwspc!n8emr!oink!jep |From: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior) |Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att |Subject: UNIX PC Keyboard Extension Cable |Message-ID: <122@oink.UUCP> |Date: 29 Sep 87 03:02:27 GMT |Reply-To: jep@oink.UUCP (James E. Prior) |Distribution: na |Organization: Random Prime Research Institute Columbus, Ohio |Lines: 15 | |I promised to post a summary of replies to my questions about how |much a keyboard extension cable for the UNIX PC is wanted. | |I received only one reply, which makes this compilation easy: | |Respondant myself Gary Falsken | ------ ------------ |Length 12 feet no response |$ Expect to See $35 to $50 $10 to $15 |$ Willing to Spend $60 no response |Coiled vs. Straight straight *both* | |It looks like I'll be splicing in some cable myself. |-- |James E. Prior {ihnp4|cbosgd}!n8emr!oink!jep -- Gary S. Trujillo {linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst Somerville, Massachusetts {icus,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst
mkp@taqwa.UUCP (Michael K. Peterson) (01/30/89)
I have the dope on ordering cables at work, but probably won't be able to post it for a week, as I'm heading to the airport for a long business trip. What I do recall is that I ordered my cable from the Connector Division of DuPont, and it was someplace in Pennsylvania. I have the original Convergent part number, address, and phone number squirreled away; I recall it cost me $20 qty. one. -- Mike Peterson Internet: mkp@hac2arpa.hac.com UUCP: mkp@hacgate.hac.com Home: ...!hacgate.hac.com!taqwa!mkp