Re: Why slice a link cable?


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Re: Why slice a link cable?



At 10:52 AM 8/8/97 -0400, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
>People constantly tell you to cut your link cord up into little pieces to
>get sound on your calc. My question is why do that when, for $1-$2, you
>can easily go to Radio Shack and get a 3/32" -> 1/8" headphone stereo jack?

Maybe they have no use for the link cable?

> Sure, 3/32" is slightly smaller (only about .06") than 2.5mm (size of your
>link cable) and it still will make contact with the inside of the link port.

Why do that though?  You can very easily get a mouser catalog which has
2.5mm sockets and plugs.


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