Not a problem. Glad to help and hope you find
what you need. Take care.
No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be,
you are always being moved toward magnificence. Always.
Rhonda
Byrne
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:10
AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Dectalk cable,
what is the phone jack end called
Looks like Stonewall Cable in New Hampshire is alive and
well. This message from Mr. Osborn is extremely helpful. I think I
will try to call them tomorrow and give them the nomenclature that you just
sent me. I may order 3 or 4 of them, and still purchase Wayne’s if he
finds it. As for the battery pack, that will probably turn out to be
more difficult, but I can be fairly resourceful. Thank you
Kay.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io
<main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kay
Malmquist
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 8:01 AM
To:
main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Dectalk cable, what
is the phone jack end called
Please understand
that this is an old message but here is the info that I found. I have a
couple DecTalk Expresses around here and I use them every day. The
message follows.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Mike Osborn [mailto:mike.osborn@...]
Sent:
Friday, November 14, 2003 11:17 PM
To:
boughtandsoldbytheblind@...
Subject:
[boughtandsoldbytheblind] DecTalk Express Cable and Connector
Last
February I did some research into locating such things as the
cables,
connector, and battery pack for the DecTalk Express. I had
real good luck
on the cables, but the battery pack has turned difficult at
best. First the
good news and I am copying a couple of folks who
requested this specific
information:
Cable supplier:
www.stonewallcable.com
The primary cable for
the DTE is generically called an MMJ to MMJ, but
carries a DEC part number
BC16E. The part is usually ordered as a BC16E-10,
-25, or - whatever,
where the "-XX" indicates the length in feet. Stonewall
Cable uses a part
number is SC-7021 and then you tell them how many feet you
want it to
be. I chose to get a 10 foot. The pricing is $5.50 plus
20
cents per foot, ergo a 10 foot cable was $7.50. Next we have that
funky
little connecter that you can't buy at Radio Shack. Generically this
is
called an MMJ to DB-9F. The DEC part number is DEC H8571-J
and the
Stonewall Cable part number is SC-9444-J. The price on this
piece is
$12.95. Shipping is whatever you want, but I like and they will
provide USPS
Priority Mail at the reasonable rate of $7.85 (this was last
Feb.).
I was going to order up a batch of cables and connectors, but
when no one
found an immediate need last Feb. I dropped the idea.
It's probably just as
well that each person handle there own.
Stonewall takes credit cards and
their phone number is toll free
800-525-3303. I loved there internet order
form, but I also have the
benefit of a couple of eyes.
If I come up with a reasonable solution to
the battery problem I will send
it out. $115.00 plus shipping for the
battery pack is outrageous. By the
way, your savings by using
Stonewall will be about $44, where authorized
DecTalk suppliers are quoting
$50 for the adapter and $14 for the cable.
Mike "Mr. Frugal"
Osborn
No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things
might appear to be, you are always being moved toward magnificence.
Always.
Rhonda Byrne
----- Original
Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January
19, 2020 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
Dectalk cable, what is the phone jack end called
Good morning Kay and Wayne. Kay, if you figure out
what that jack was called I would be grateful because there is a company
here in the Inland Northwest that I think can manufacture a cable for me
that would do the trick. Wayne, if you find that old cable, I have 10
bucks that is burning a hole in my pocket.
Years ago when I
use to have the tech talk external I purchased a cable for it that's
much longer than the one that comes with it. I have to go through my mass of
cables, since I think I have it. If I find it I'll let you know, and sell it
to you for $10. This cable is new. if you have any questions just
ask.
----- Original
Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January
19, 2020 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
Dectalk cable, what is the phone jack end
called
Thanks Monte. That’s a shame. I should
probably check with my old friends who I know to have drawers full of old
cables and electronic relics from the 1980s
As I recall, it
was a proprietary cable; the rj45 type end was not standard, it has a sort
of offset to it.
Good
luck.
One of my buddies is sending me a Dectalk external to
have some fun with, but it has no cables. I seem to remember that
the cable that connects it to the serial port on the PC has a 9 pin female
on one end, and a phone jack kind of RJ45 looking plug for the
Dectalk. I know that the Dectalk end was smaller than the RJ45, but
bigger than a phone jack. I’m trying to find a cable to hook up the
Dectalk. What is the name of the end that fits the Dectalk?
RJ11 or RJ12 maybe? Thanks.
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