Re: I2 with Solid Impact -- "main screen no turn on"

From: UNIX admin (tripivceta_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:23:40 +0200

Thomas Jahns wrote:
> "UNIX admin" <tripivceta@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>Q3: if there is no other recourse but for me to get a serial cable, does
>>anybody know what the SGI P/N for a mini DIN <---> DB9 is, and where I could
>>obtain it (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)?
>
>
> You could build such a cable yourself. All parts can be had easily from
> any electronics store.

Yes I could, if I could only locate:

- a mini DIN connector, which is hard to find
- a cable that has eight wires (possibly even harder to find)
- a soldering iron

With the parts and the soldering iron (I don't have one here), it is
likely that the cost would be as much or more than a premade serial cable.