On 12/24/02 07:29.27, JoeRemote1 said...
I'm an EE and very much a "tinkerer" and would
love to do the JP-1 thing
Is there somewhere I can buy a cable or is making
one too easy to think about buying one?
You can buy one pre built for about $18; But it sounds like you'd have no trouble building one. The detailed instructions for building it are at
[Link: hifi-remote.com]so you can judge for yourself whether it's easy.
BTW, the two resistors shown don't need to be 10K. Anything from 1K to 10K should work fine. The designer recently changed his opinion and now recommends 1K rather than 10K (the above page hasn't been updated), but most people are using 10K with no problem. The diode similarly doesn't need to be the one suggested. Any common diode will do. If you have any broken or obsolete computer parts to scavange it's easy to find something to use for the 6-pin connector; Otherwise, that's a hard part to find.
This message was edited by johnsfine on 12/24/02 09:11.15.