There will always be a special place in my heart for serial, where I can just jam in a paperclip and "guess around" with a voltimeter till I figure it out.
That's a lot of adapters to get from USB to USB. There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
What's the adapter between the 9 to 25 pin and 25 to 9 pin serial adapters? Looks more substantial than a typical gender changer, maybe one of those dip switch adapters upside down?
i would have guessed a null modem adaptor, cuz - why the hell not! but... assuming the USB to serial is a typical DTE (M) then the 9pin to 25pin would likely be (F) to (M), but the potato markings on the mystery adaptor seem to suggest M/M... so... 🤷♂️
That USB to serial might have some diodes in it, preventing a magic smoke release. But after all the decades, the funny thing is the ground pins still go to ground.
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roofuskit@lemmy.world · 110 pts · 217d
USB to 9 pin rs232 serial (active), 9 pin to 25 pin serial, 25 to 9 pin serial, 9 pin serial to ps2, ps2 to AT, AT to ps2, ps2 to USB.
And 99% sure there's no USB functionality there as that last adapter is for a mouse only.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 217d
There will always be a special place in my heart for serial, where I can just jam in a paperclip and "guess around" with a voltimeter till I figure it out.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 217d
I was going to say, that's a lot of middle men to plug a USB drive into a USB port...
aMockTie@piefed.world · 7 pts · 217d
That's a lot of adapters to get from USB to USB. There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
What's the adapter between the 9 to 25 pin and 25 to 9 pin serial adapters? Looks more substantial than a typical gender changer, maybe one of those dip switch adapters upside down?
qprimed@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 217d
i would have guessed a null modem adaptor, cuz - why the hell not! but... assuming the USB to serial is a typical DTE (M) then the 9pin to 25pin would likely be (F) to (M), but the potato markings on the mystery adaptor seem to suggest M/M... so... 🤷♂️
your breakout box suggestion is a reasonable one.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 217d
Bureaucrats. A million complications to do the same thing but slower.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 217d
I was going to say...
What is not pictured is the USB storage being recognized.
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 217d
That USB to serial might have some diodes in it, preventing a magic smoke release. But after all the decades, the funny thing is the ground pins still go to ground.
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 3 pts · 217d
Well, with that attitude you will definitely not have USB functionality.
But there is some non universal serial in there.
Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone · 40 pts · 217d
I appreciate the attention to detail of matching the number of times adapt is written out to the number of adapters. Quality stuff right there.
pathos@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 217d
Looks like how my LLMs try to solve problems it creates for itself
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 217d
That's funny, doesn't look like an apple device.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 37 pts · 217d
No, it's a flash drive, apples are redder, and round.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 217d
Apples to oranges
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 217d
Dust to dust
SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 217d
Fade to black…
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 217d
Front to back, side to side
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d
Then I let the Alpine play
Quokka@quokk.au · 5 pts · 217d
Green apple erasure!
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 217d
Ticket: Why can't I copy files from my thumb drive? It's connected to the computer and a light comes on...
Suffa@lemmy.wtf · 14 pts · 217d
This is why I have trouble connecting with others.
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 217d
... Does... Does that adapter chain end in a USB port? For a USB thumb drive...?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 217d
It would appear so 😄
yesman@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 217d
There are telegraphs with higher bandwidth than this thing.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 217d
The most i had to do was 3 adapt. And a adapt to the adapt, to get power to the adapt.