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Mac to Min-Din 9
What adapter do I need to buy to hook my Mac up to my PC via the serial(localtalk) port? I recently discovered that the port is a none-standard min-din 9. (and not the older mini-din)
I'd suggest looking up the pin out for the min-din 9 and min-din 8 and find out if that other pin is important, if not, just ignore it.
Do most old Macs use Min-Din 8? What is the port called(LocalTalk?)
A Mac to ImageWriter Printer cable should work. If not add a Null modem connector to the cable.
The Mac Printer cable comes in many flavors:
Old Mac DB 9 to DB 25,
Old Mac DB 9 to PC DB 9,
Old Mac DB 9 to Din 8,
Din 8 to DB 25,
Din 8 to DB 9,
and Din 8 to Din 8.
You need to see which one you will need.
The Mac Printer cable comes in many flavors:
Old Mac DB 9 to DB 25,
Old Mac DB 9 to PC DB 9,
Old Mac DB 9 to Din 8,
Din 8 to DB 25,
Din 8 to DB 9,
and Din 8 to Din 8.
You need to see which one you will need.
Ok the 9th pin is power(https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/23687-mac-to-min-din-9/?view=getnewpost). PCs don't need power so it should be ignorable, also one source says this was apples initiation, so I should be able to use a Min-Din 8 to DB9 converter of the correct type.
No reason to think otherwise