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On building your own RS232 connector for the PC-3000 ...continued (see also previous posts in this thread) In my never ending search for some common piece of PCB that fits the proprietary thickness and pin spacing of the serial connector of the PC-3000, I had a Eureka moment and started to check fl...

Nice and cheap versatile D-SUB plugs you found Kyodai!
Immediately ordered some.

Would also be cool if original connectors become available.

On building your own RS232 connector for the PC-3000 ...continued (see also previous posts in this thread) In my never ending search for some common piece of PCB that fits the proprietary thickness and pin spacing of the serial connector of the PC-3000, I had a Eureka moment and started to check fla...

Love all your research on making Flash cards work on the PC-3000

Thanks for the lead and the instructions.

Took a dive in my glue box and unearthed a small tube containing "Electrically conductive coating with solid silver".
Sounds like more or less the same stuff.
I'll keep you updated whether this magic substance does the trick.

Turns out that plastic cards like credit cards have the proper thickness to create a DIY RS232 plug for the PC-3000. Found this idea on a great page: http://web.archive.org/web/20140821133926/http://www.pfranc.com/projects/g45contr/emap/diy/index.htm which was referenced in: https://kogs-www.informa...

Wow, those are prompt replies. Love the internet that enables us to share info on 24 old machinery we respect. Good idea about entering code in DEBUG. I completely forgot about that alternative. I now remember once doing it for the Atari Portfolio which has a similar Catch-22 problem. Will try PCB f...

Hi Kyodai, I hope your still monitor this thread. As a happy owner of a Sharp PC-3000 and a PC-3100 I am really glad I stumbled upon this forum. But my fear seems confirmed: there is no way the Sharp can use an ordinary PCMCIA-card (or a CF-card in a convertor) unless you first put drivers on it. In...