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Help with a cable (modified 0 times) tr31366 Profile I have a CVS "RED" with an LCD screen I have been sitting on for sometime. Recently, I found a Palm III cradle on eBay for cheap, and I have a USB cable I can part with. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to solder together a cable for me? I'd be willing to pay a few bucks, or make some sort of swap arrangment. Drop a reply here, or e-mail me at t r p a p u r a AT localnet.com Thanks Tom 04-04-2005 07:12:27

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) Mehoff Profile Check out the following link: http://www.maushammer.com/systems/dakotadigital/dl-palm.html 04-04-2005 09:27:58

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) tr31366 Profile I was asking for help, because I really don't have the time to do this, or a soldering iron. If I sent the pieces to someone and had it done for a couple bucks, it would be well worth it to me. Thanks anyway. Tom 04-04-2005 09:43:03

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) Steveo Profile You have e-mail 04-04-2005 10:26:12

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) tr31366 Profile steveo is awesome. He just sent me out a cable!!!!!!! Thanks Steve!!!!!! Hope you got the $$$ Tom 04-04-2005 13:45:31

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) Steveo Profile Tom, NO Problum. The paypal was realy not needed. I think that helping out is what this board is all about! and if everyone wanted a $, it would not be going anyware. 04-04-2005 20:00:02

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) HuckleberryFinn Profile | Email Stevo, I created a Palm III/mouse cable for an original dakota (the blue one with the silver-ish highlights on the front) - should this same cable/pin selection work for the new red PV2? Thanks! Huck ccarignan@myfastmail.com 04-05-2005 12:48:15

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) almazlamaz Profile did you guys make cable look pretty good ? i made mine, and the camera-end connector is hanging on wires :) btw, what is the exact name of connector that goes to the camera ? 04-08-2005 01:52:01

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) asaf12 Profile Hey steveo, I saw you built a cable for someone, id be willing to you too if you could build me one? email me at fob4lyfe1@Yahoo.com thanks! 04-18-2005 23:57:16

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) Orix Profile I tried building my own cable for a CVS Blue, following the directions for the Centronics / USB cable. Unfortunately, I don't have soldering tools or very steady hands, so I tried (please don't laugh) holding the cables in place with hot glue alone. This didn't work at all, and actually net me a burn on my finger from the cable when I kept trying to get it to work - seems something didn't go right. I'd be willing to compensate someone for a premade cable, as well. I can be reached through here, or via [dhmo at pixelechoes dot net]. Thanks. :) Beware the horned chocobo. o.O; 05-03-2005 17:13:51

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) algorhythm Profile I really need someone to build me a cable too.. I got 2 printer cables.. both have some hot glue or molding around them.. and I can't really be bothered to pick at it to get it all off.. please contact me: algorhythm [at@] gmail [dot.] com I really appreciate it. I will be sure to compensate :) 06-18-2005 14:57:40

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) philz Profile The best best cable is a Palm m105 or Palm III hotsync connector! hands down! These things are dirt cheap on ebay. I managed to search for terms like "lot of palm" and find deals with people trying to get rid of 3 or 4 at a time in one auction. I managed to get one lot of 4 for around 10 bucks plus shipping. About $25 total. This will work light years better then modifying a centronics printer cable. The Palm III cradle circuit board pads are labeled. The information is on a wonderful webpage http://www.maushammer.com/systems/dakotadigital/dl-palm.html His instructions for wiring are: Hole E1: Ground (Black) Hole E2: Data - (White) Hole E3: Data + (Green) Hole E5: +5V (Red) Here (click) is a picture of the cable I constructed using his method (taken with one of my PV2s. kinda close range, so its a bit blurry. And thats after photoshopping... Not so great camera for closeups.) 07-20-2005 23:42:20

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) algorhythm Profile Would you mind selling me a cable? Please email me, I have this camera just sitting here begging to be used :) algorhythm [@] gmail [.] com 08-24-2005 12:18:58

RE:Help with a cable (modified 0 times) Alexander Profile | Email I just took apart a dakota camera and got some usb mini-b connectors after reading rumkin’s article (http://rumkin.com/reference/dakota/) … I’m having problems understanding how to attach/solder wires directly to the mini-b connector… Or do I have this wrong? The pins are very close together. Do I need to get a sleeve for each pin and then solder the sleeve onto a wire. THen do I solder the other part of the wire to the camera? Also, I couldn’t figure out why it was so hard taking apart the camera… Nobody suggested removing the direction sticker on the back. Once you do this, there are 3 screws to undo… The camera still is taking pictures, so I hope I haven’t trashed it. If possible, could someone answer my question and even better, show a close up picture of how to fasten the wires to the usb using a mini-b connector. 01-10-2006 15:21:34

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