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Title: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 19, 2010, 02:04:08 PM: Hi, I found a cable and I have no idea of what it is for!!!

It says on it, P/N 10448-00 Rev B...

One one side it is the 8 PIN Male (like the end of a standard turbo grafx controller)

One side is the 8 pin Male PC Engine side..

So, basically, I have no idea of why this cable exists, I think I got it in a huge bundle of stuff I bought, and the seller had no idea!

thanks for your help, brothers of the hu...

-Alex
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: esteban on January 19, 2010, 02:15:38 PM: Both ends are male?

I don't know what that would be used for.

Outside of the PCE/TG-16 universe, I'm sure there was a use for a male DIN to male mini-DIN cable.
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 19, 2010, 02:31:56 PM: Yeah, I feel you! But, I bought a ton of tg stuff of someone, and he included it... so it leads me to believe it is used for something... Maybe to hook an express up to a tg16, as a controller??? Or something like that...

Alex
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: esteban on January 19, 2010, 03:26:18 PM: Quote from: alexsduo on January 19, 2010, 02:31:56 PM
Yeah, I feel you! But, I bought a ton of tg stuff of someone, and he included it... so it leads me to believe it is used for something... Maybe to hook an express up to a tg16, as a controller??? Or something like that...

Alex

Take a picture of both plugs.

The PCE GT/TurboExpress has jacks for video stuff... perhaps that is what you were thinking of?
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 19, 2010, 03:33:49 PM: Hey, I dunno! I am not sure that you can output an express to a tv?? I have the tuner, and it allows you to input in, but I dunno about out..

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bRN1nAsGh_-E5adtpaq4Bw?authkey=Gv1sRgCL2uiIaWrJX7vQE&feat=directlink

there is the pic, the one on the right is the converter, the one on the left is mystery!
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: esteban on January 19, 2010, 04:43:58 PM: Thanks for the pic.

The pin layout for the cable on the left (mystery) is difficult to discern.

Also, clearly, I'm at a complete loss :(
We need a hardware guru to help us out!

???
The "Tuner In" female socket on the TurboExpress has ~8 pins, IIRC. Have you tried (carefully) to see if the cable fits?

???
I don't have any obscure accessories, but maybe your cable can be used with one of them (i.e. all the "Artist Tool" things, such as the "Illustration Tool").
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: BlackandBlue on January 19, 2010, 06:49:56 PM: Its a printer cable (http://www.recycledgoods.com/19995_Verifone_10448-00_8-Pin DIN to 8-Pin Mini DIN Printer to MSR Cable.html), but not sure if the original owner found another use for it.
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 20, 2010, 03:34:04 AM: Black and Blue, you are the smartest person alive... I bow to your excellence.... I saw you picked up quite a few games recently? How you doin?
-A
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: guyjin on January 20, 2010, 04:45:06 AM: Quote from: BlackandBlue on January 19, 2010, 06:49:56 PM
Its a printer cable (http://www.recycledgoods.com/19995_Verifone_10448-00_8-Pin DIN to 8-Pin Mini DIN Printer to MSR Cable.html), but not sure if the original owner found another use for it.

you're awesome.
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: BlackandBlue on January 20, 2010, 08:57:45 AM: Quote from: alexsduo on January 20, 2010, 03:34:04 AM
Black and Blue, you are the smartest person alive... I bow to your excellence.... I saw you picked up quite a few games recently? How you doin?
-A

Quote from: guyjin on January 20, 2010, 04:45:06 AM
you're awesome.

I cant tell if you guys are being sarcastic or not. Im just going to assume guy is :)
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: Turbo D on January 20, 2010, 10:46:41 AM: I'd say that Alexsduo is generally grateful. heh. I wonder if it is an actual pce printer cable though, as in connecting that funky pce printer to the actual pce. :-k
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 20, 2010, 03:25:21 PM: I am totally serious.... I f- around with a lot of things, but NOT video games!! I searched on google with the part number, and I sat there and looked at the cable and I had no idea what this was for, so maybe the person who sold me a lot of stuff just had it around.... I did not know there was even an pc engine printer.. I guess there is a bunch of crazy Asian accessories, I mean they did make the trance vibrator!!!!
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: Turbo D on January 20, 2010, 04:06:31 PM: lol! the PC-Engine actually has some sort of vibrator of its own; it's called the virtual cushion. Anyways, here are some links to some cool PCE accessories from some cool site. The site is a bit hard to navigate (being in Japanese and all,) but it has lots of cool content.

main page:
http://www6.airnet.ne.jp/wataru/index2.htm

Printing stuff:
http://www6.airnet.ne.jp/wataru/pce/option1.htm

virtual cushion:
http://www6.airnet.ne.jp/wataru/pce/op_av.htm
Title: Re: I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!
Post by: alexsduo on January 20, 2010, 05:22:21 PM: wow, really cool pics! I wish I spoke Japanese and the characters would show up! I knew they could not resist with some kind of porno accessory!