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From: Darco <darco@bigfoot.com>
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Subject: Re: Serial cable failed again!!
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 15:17:59 -0400
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Ryan Wilhm wrote:
> 
> I'm about to jump out of my skull!! My Yaroze serial cable failed about half
> a year ago, I got a replacement, and now the new one has failed! Has anybody
> at all had this much difficulty with their unit?
> 
> Secondly, before I try to get ahold of Sony, has anybody given any thought
> to jury rigging a new cable? Anybody know what the little box on the cable
> does? (I'm assuming that's the part that's failing... unless the cables are
> just shoddy to begin with...)

The box at the end of the cable just converts the voltages... The
playstation uses +3v and a standard PC serial port uses +12v I believe.
It's very simple - I remember seeing somewhere on the net instructions
on constructing one. I don't think there's a fuse in it though.

'Darco