Re: $5 link
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On 18 Nov 1996 04:46:55 GMT, wnc <wnc@wco.com> wrote:
>I'm seriously considering making the $5 parallel link but i have a few
>questions.
>
>I've seen some contradictory info about using a 2.5mm jack. On Nick's
>TI calc site (http://www.salokin.demon.co.uk/ti85.htm) he says to make it
>with a 2.5mm stereo jack. But on Andreas Westfeld's page
>(http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~aw4/ti85) it says "the TI plug is different
>from a 2.5 mm stereo plug". I don't want to cut up my calc2calc link, and
>i'd prefer not to use a 1/8 jack + 1/8 to 2.5 converter, and i'd really
>like to stay away from aligator clips. I went to radio shack and they had
>2.5mm jacks , but they were mono, so that doesn't help. Does anyone know
>where i can get a 2.5 mm jack, and if i do manage to get one, will it
>work?
Just do this:
Buy a 25 pin male D-plug w/ hood, a stereo wire (with 3.5mm plugs on
both sides.), and a 3.5mm -> 2.5mm stereo adapter. Just put some
unnoticable electrical tape around the adapter.
Radio Shack does not sell 2.5mm stereo plugs.
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