> I'm trying to source a new I/O cable for a Convergent WorkSlate (this > one is grody from degenerating plasticizers). It's 8P8C with a little > offset snag reminiscent of a DEC MMJ, but it's the width of an RJ-11: > while an "RJ-45" Ethernet cable is too wide, a phone handset cord is > the right width even though it obviously doesn't have enough > connectors. I messed around with filing down a junk Ethernet patch > cord but that's just making a mess bigger than the icky cable.
There's a connector system called RJ Point 5, which puts the latch clip on the narrow side, makes the connector half or less the width of a standard 8p8c modular, and looks like it uses internal pins instead of surface contacts. De
