Dimitris1980 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 i would like to ask if the RSC-15APL cable is the apple serial cable that fits into the modem or printer port. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 10 hours ago, Dimitris1980 said: RSC-15APL Yes, this is a cable that will go from a Roland device with an 8-pin serial port to a Mac's modem or printer port. It looks like a pretty standard cross-wired serial cable (i.e., transmit goes to receive, receive goes to transmit), according to the wiring diagram here: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/141943/Roland-Jv-1010.html?page=90 Whether this is the same as a normal Apple serial cable I have no idea; I can never remember whether those are straight-wired or crossed. Either way, it won't blow anything up if you use it in place of a normal Apple serial cable and it's wrong, it just won't work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dimitris1980 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 hours ago, cheesestraws said: Yes, this is a cable that will go from a Roland device with an 8-pin serial port to a Mac's modem or printer port. It looks like a pretty standard cross-wired serial cable (i.e., transmit goes to receive, receive goes to transmit), according to the wiring diagram here: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/141943/Roland-Jv-1010.html?page=90 Whether this is the same as a normal Apple serial cable I have no idea; I can never remember whether those are straight-wired or crossed. Either way, it won't blow anything up if you use it in place of a normal Apple serial cable and it's wrong, it just won't work. Thank you for the info. I have the Roland SC88 manual and it has the same computer cable wiring diagram. It seems that a serial cable is suitable for the connection but i am not totally sure. I have an extra cable and i will try to test it. If it's possible, i want to connect the SC88 with my Powermac G3 Minitower without using a midi interface device like the Macman Midi. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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