The X1541 cable

Construction

You need the following parts to build this cable:

  • One solderable 6-pin male DIN plug (Commodore serial plug)
  • One solderable 25-pin male plug (PC parallel plug)
  • A shielded 4-wire or unshielded 5-wire cable of, preferably, at most 2 meters
Step 1. Solder one end of the cable onto the DIN plug.

Step 2. Solder the other end of the cable onto the parallel plug. You should have the following connections:



   DIN plug    Parallel plug 


    2, GND     18-25, GND     


    3, ATN         1, Strobe  


    4, CLK        14, AutoFeed


    5, DATA       17, SelectIn


    6, RESET      16, Init


Circuit diagram:


Please note all connections are viewwd from the solder side of the plug
[X1541 cable]

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