[Coco] DriveWire Software - Serial Connector?

[Louis Ciotti]

wikipedia actually has a nice description of the round DIN connectors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector



On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Robert Hermanek
<rhermanek at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Not all are spaced the same, but this looks right.  I think they expressed
> it back in the day as the # of degrees around the circle the pin's were
> spaced, so a coco 4 pin din is a 270 degree DIN, something like that... and
> for example the cassette plug has 5 pins, but all crowded down around the
> bottom...
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DriveWire Software - Serial Connector?
>
>
>
>> Looks right to me.  Maybe someone with more knowledge could clarify
>> whether the name "4 pin DIN" is a standard that defines exactly the
>> pin spacing?  I was never sure about that... i.e. are all "4 pin DIN"
>> connectors the same layout.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is this the proper 4-pin DIN connector?
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/280687704054
>>>
>>> - Chad
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chad H [mailto:chadbh74 at hotmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:00 AM
>>> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
>>> Subject: RE: [Coco] DriveWire Software - Serial Connector?
>>>
>>> Trying to determine a source for the CoCo serial connectors if I'm going
>>> to
>>> build a cable. Couldn't find that type of connector on Jameco, haven't
>>> tried E-bay yet...Anyone know what or where I can look for?
>>> Thanks.
>>> - Chad
>>>
>>>
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