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- From: gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett)
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- Subject: Re: WTB: MIDI cables
- Date: 13 Feb 96 22:45:07 +0500
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- BC> > On 21-Jan-96 15:01:11, J.A.B. said somthing about WTB: MIDI
- BC> > cables:
- BC> > > Looking for MIDI cables for my MIDI interface.
- BC> > > I need at least 3 of them...let me know.
-
- BC> In article <596.6596T1198T1470@ccinet.ab.ca>,
- BC> Trevor Meikle <tmeikle@ccinet.ab.ca> wrote:
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- BC> > Just a quick note, it's easy enough to make MIDI patch cables.
- BC> > Radio shack sells 5 pin din connectors, and by using 6
- BC> > conductor telephone wire. only other things you need is a
- BC> > soldering iron, solder, and a steady hand. I priced out the
- BC> > connectors atg around
- BC> > $2.50 a piece CND, and the wire is around $15.00 CND for 100
- BC> > feet.
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- BC> I don't have a Radio Shack catalog handy to confirm this, but I
- BC> know in the past I've bought ready-made DIN-5 cables from RS.
- BC> They don't have any clue that they sell MIDI cables, and I don't
- BC> remember what they think those cables are made to do, but they
- BC> work perfectly well for MIDI for me -- and they're a lot less
- BC> work than soldering them up yourself. (I think 6' was the only
- BC> length they had.)
-
- BC> Brent Chivers [snip]
-
- First, 6 foot won't get there if its laying right on top of the other!
-
- Your friendly neighborhood music store should have a back wall full of such
- goodies, I know of 3 such places in a 25 mile radius here. FYI, the
- ready-made kind will be far more ruggedly constructed, die cast connector
- shells, much better cableing etc than what you can make from shack parts.
- ISTR paying $17-$21 for cables in the 12 foot to 20 foot length range at
- one of them.
-
- Cheers Brent, Gene
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