[rescue] Old Mac bits needed

erie patsellis erie at shelbyvilledesign.com
Tue Jan 18 11:12:06 CST 2011


I wonder if my Audioquest ruby SVHS cable will make me a better typist?

LOL



On 1/18/2011 9:32 AM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> --- On Tue, 1/18/11, Joost van de Griek<gyorpb at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>> I always wondered about that... knew the pinout looked
>> the same but never actually checked to see if the cables
>> were straight through or not.
>>
>> I must admit, I never tried it myself.
>>
> I have. It works fine. I've also done the reverse, using a Macintosh ADB cable to connect S-Video devices. I think my DVD player is still hooked up with one of those...
>
> The only thing I'd worry about is to be sure that the two ground pins on the S-video cable aren't connected together. They're not supposed to be, but with these cheap chinese made cables, you can never be too sure.
>
> -Ian
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