I have found a mystery cable, what is it??!!

[alexsduo]

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

[esteban]

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.

[alexsduo]

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

[esteban]

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?

[alexsduo]

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!

[esteban]

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").

[BlackandBlue]

Its a printer cable, but not sure if the original owner found another use for it.

[alexsduo]

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

[guyjin]

Its a printer cable, but not sure if the original owner found another use for it.

you're awesome.

[BlackandBlue]

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

you're awesome.

I cant tell if you guys are being sarcastic or not.  Im just going to assume guy is

[Turbo D]

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.

[alexsduo]

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!!!!

[Turbo D]

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

[alexsduo]

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!