[TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps

Grant Taylor gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net
Mon Jun 24 13:20:19 AEST 2019


On 6/23/19 7:40 PM, Bakul Shah wrote:
> Since mid 80s I have used Dave Yost's wiring scheme that converts a 
> DB-25 or DB-9 adapter to an RJ-45 socket:
> 
> http://yost.com/computers/RJ45-serial/
> 
> You wire any DB-25 or DB-9 DCE or DTE male or female adapter so 
> that the RJ-45 socket has the above pinout.  You figure out which 
> device needs what kind of adapter and permanently attach the adapter. 
> Now you can use a standard "half-twist" phone cable with 4, 6 or 8 
> wires and connect anything to anything.

+10 for Yost wiring scheme.



-- 
Grant. . . .
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