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Offline histevenhere

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What kind of adapter?
« on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 18:28:55 »
Hi, I purchased a numpad that has these adapters. I'm not sure what kind and if there are usb converters for these type of connectors.
I was wondering if anyone could offer any info on this.
Here's a picture .
http://oi46.tinypic.com/qqzwuo.jpg
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Offline compgeke

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Re: What kind of adapter?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 19:31:33 »
Those look a lot like adapters for configuring network switches and such, to use a serial console as some network switches and servers (Sunfires for example) used an RJ45 cable running on the serial protocol for configuration.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: What kind of adapter?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 20:02:57 »
Best choice to convert old serial numpad to usb would to replace the controller.
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Offline histevenhere

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Re: What kind of adapter?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 20:05:49 »
I'm going to try a USB to 9 pin serial port converter . Hopefully that works out, I will keep this thread updated. Any additional info would be useful. Thanks guys !
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Re: What kind of adapter?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 12 March 2013, 08:11:24 »
I am not really trying to hijack this thread, but I have a nice little numpad with a connector that looks like a male headphone jack.

Has anybody used one like that?
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