From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 15 12:28:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C97CB16A4CE for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:28:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7520A43D55 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:28:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8FCSeJt024515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:28:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i8FCSZLH070185; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:28:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gallatin) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16712.13682.998371.588772@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:28:34 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Subject: stealth port & cabling X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:28:40 -0000 I just ordered a stealth port to use as the serial console for a development mac. I need to connect the mac's serial console to my console server. So I want to turn a minidin8-female port into a DB9-male port (basically making it look like a PC). I'm totally inept at making cables, so I'd like to buy something pre-made. But I can't seem to find any clean solutions to do this. The best I've found so far is a 10' minidin8 -> db25 cable, which seems kinda Rube Goldberge'esque, considering I'll have 10' of useless cable cluttering up my office. Can anybody point me at a place which sells a small minidin8 -> db9 converter? I know they exist, because I managed to find one 3 years ago in a local computer store, which is now closed.. Its a little minidin8 connector, a 1" pigtail, and a db9 connector... I wish I'd have bought a box of them.. Thanks, Drew