The XA1541 active cable

You should follow these instructions if you want to put the electronical parts onto a mini-adaptor, which you can hide inside the case of the parallel port plug.

Construction

First, create the XA1541 mini-adaptor.

You need the following parts to build this cable:

• One solderable 6-pin male DIN plug (Commodore serial plug)
• A shielded 4-wire or unshielded 5-wire cable of, preferably at most, 2 meters

Step 1. Solder one end of the cable onto the DIN plug.

Step 2. Solder the other end of the cable onto the XA1541 mini-adaptor port. These include the following connections:

Circuit diagram:

You can find the description of all parts used on the diagrams at the legend page.

Source: The Joe Forster-STA homepage

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