#: 10415 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    23-Apr-91  21:32:26
Sb: 3 in 1 board
Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762
To: All

I just bought a Disto Super Controller II with the 3 in 1 board (version 2.0).
It was part of a bunch of surplus stuff and is missing the RS232 cable. The
manual I got with it is for the 4 in 1 board. My problem is that I can't figure
out the pinout of the 10 pin RS232 header connector on the board. The pin
numbering in the manual doesn't seem to match because it shows only 2 pins N/C
but the 3 in 1 has 4 pins not connected. Also, the physical layout of the pins
is not given. With my eyes, tracing the wiring back through the buffer chip to
the ACIA is a daunting task. Can anyone help? All I want to do is to make up an
RS232 cable for the beast and get it working.

Also, the manual says it needs a 12V at 300mA power source. 300mA?????? That is
one heck of a lot of current. Has anyone actually measured it? I have a couple
of 9V transformers here rated about 100mA and would be happy enough to build a
supply rather than pay Radio Shack their price for a supply (which is no longer
in the catalog anyway).

Any takers? I've got STERM ready and waiting to go, but need to sort this one
out.