Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!brspyr1!davef From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C64 RS232 interface Keywords: RS232,interface,homebrew Message-ID: <3782@brspyr1.BRS.Com> Date: 20 Jun 88 16:15:09 GMT References: <3187@s.cc.purdue.edu> <9702@e.ms.uky.edu> Organization: BRS Info Technologies, Latham NY Lines: 22 In article <9702@e.ms.uky.edu>, simon@ms.uky.edu (George Simon) writes: > I would just love to know if anyone makes ribbon cable connectors > for the user port??? Please? Yes, these are available. I've seen ads in Run (and/or possibly Compute's Gazette) for them. When I get home tonight, I'll try and find the address, price, etc. Also, if you're handy with soldering, it's not that hard to make one. I have the stuff to do it at home, but haven't put it all together yet. All you need are a 24-connection card-edge connector (as mentioned in another posting, I found out you can get these at electronic parts places), a length of ribbon cable, a piece of printed circuit board with contacts (available cheaply at Radio Shack, but they have to be cut to size), and at least one hobbyist box to mount the PC board in. Obviously, all you do is connect all the wires to the same contacts on the PC board as you do to the card edge connector coming out of the computer. It really isn't that hard, and is lots cheaper. -- "PARACHUTING GERBIL RAISES Dave Fiske (davef@brspyr1.BRS.COM) RUCKUS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS" BRS Information Technologies, Latham, NY Home: David_A_Fiske@cup.portal.com Headline from Weekly World News CIS: 75415,163 GEnie: davef