[time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Serial cables with thin connectors

[Brian Lloyd]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

>
> I'm trying to update PCs to save power.  The Intel D2500CCE mini-ITX board
> is
> attractive because it has a second serial port on the back panel.  It uses
> stacked DB-9 connectors.
>
> The catch is they are only 0.625 inches apart.  All of the molded
> connectors
> on the serial cables in my collection are slightly thicker than that.
>
> Does anybody have a good source of serial cables with connectors that will
> fit?  This must be a solved problem by now, but my google-fu hasn't worked.
>

My solution? A die grinder. I just hog-off the extra plastic until they
fit.

Of course, there is always the option of making your own using ribbon
cable, or making a little extension with ribbon cable between a DB9-m and
DB9-f.

"Never underestimate the power of brute-force and stupidity."

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