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From: AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons")
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Subject: make your own ADB cables
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Date: 5 Jun 88 20:05:48 GMT
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>Date:         Wed, 1 Jun 88 08:42:22 -0900
>From:         David Oberhart 

>Does anyone know if there is a longer
>keyboard cable availible for the IIGS?
>[...]
>Anyway, has anyone heard or seen of this product?

Well, I don't know of anybody who *sells* long ones, but they certainly
exist!  I have a 30-foot cable running across my room.  I bought a 3-foot
or so cable from a local dealer, chopped it in half, and spliced in a lot
of 4-conductor telephone wire (actually only 3 conductors are used by ADB).

It works great.

Someone told me that Jameco Electronics sells both male and female connectors,
so you should be able to save some money by getting connectors from them
instead of shelling out $12.95 for a very short ADB cable.  I intend to get
some female ADB connectors and make a Y-adapter so I don't have to plug my
mouse into the other side of the keyboard if I don't want to (makes it hard
to put the keyboard on my lap).
>Thanks in advance,
>David Oberhart
>
>CIS 72047,1004

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