Diacom Cable

[Eric Clark]

I find this to be a bunch of hogwash that Ed Rinda is using to scare
people, but I still think its a bad idea to go manufacturing cables to
use with someone elses product.

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Bob Valentine wrote:

> Not only the serial vs. parallel, but I don't see how the cable can be
> considered a "copy protection mechanism".   A DB-series connector cable
> isn't patented, and if I cut the other end off and stick the right pins in
> the ALDL it's not a infrigement of any kind either.   
>