Z88 Serial Cable

by david 21. November 2010 23:32

One of the things that was good about retro computers was the User Manuals.  In my Z88 manual, it describes how to make an RS232 cable that will work with its serial port (the port on the Z88 has a non-standard pinout).  So I made one:

Home made Z88 RS232 cable

It was made from bits that I had lying around (as you can tell).  Mostly stuff salvaged from old PCs in fact.  Note the USB adaptor on the end.  It's clunky ... but it works.  I could easily make a better one (one not made from junk perhaps). 

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David

I'm a C# developer having worked with .Net since it was in beta.  Before that I mainly worked in C and C++.  I have been developing commercial software for more than 20 years.  I also mess around with microprocesors, but that's just for fun.  I live near Cambridge, England and at the moment I'm contracted to one of the departments at Cambridge University.

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