DIN, Glorious DIN!

[chrisgreen]

In this thread we pay homage to mighty DIN socket and plug, number one connectivity option in great Soviet Union.

 

[Retro]

You’re my first customer of Great Soviet Union! 😂

 

[CosmicCruncher]

No inferior edge connectors allowed here 👇

 

[mikeitstop]

Da, is good

 

[HEXdidnt]

I think comrade SAM Coupé said it best:


With additional glorious DIN sockets for MIDI IN/OUT, proprietary mouse (that never happened) and lightpen/audio (also sadly unsupported)

 

[chrisgreen]

In glorious Soviet Union, improved ZX Spectrum is paradise of DIN!

 

[HEXdidnt]

 

[chrisns]

Sing what you see.

 

[Retro]

OMG DIN porn! I must avert my gaze! 🤣

 

[chrisgreen]

Yaguana Russian ZX Spectrum. I am very excited in the trousers for this:

 

[chrisns]

diinnn dinnn… diiiinnnn diin… diiinnnnnnnn din din din din din din din din din din dinnnnnnnnnnn dinnnn

 

[Retro]

I can’t take it anymore!! 🤪

 

[chrisns]

Breaking news

 

[Retro]

lol I like it. Did you mock this up, Chris?

 

[chrisns]

lol I like it. Did you mock this up, Chris?

Yup; all originals, Mikey!

 

[CosmicCruncher]

Yeah that's definitely the same story word for word that I saw on the BBC yesterday.

 

[chrisns]

One for fans of Aud

 

[Retro]

There's a cat in it! 🙂

 

[Mort]

I think comrade SAM Coupé said it best:
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With additional glorious DIN sockets for MIDI IN/OUT, proprietary mouse (that never happened) and lightpen/audio (also sadly unsupported)

There was a sound amplification addon (the "Samplifier" - I didn't name it!) which used the lightpen socket.
Not much use these days as would need CRT to work.

 

[HEXdidnt]

To be fair, my father wired up a DIN-to-3.5mm jack adaptor so I could plug in either headphones or external speakers so, yeah, it wasn't completely unused. Not too disappointed about the lightpen to be honest, though... I'd had a couple, I think, on the Speccy, and they really didn't work very well...

 

[Mort]

Maybe possible to wire up that HDMI interface to the lightpen port for the audio and perhaps enough power to replace the need for a USB power supply. If so, would be quite a good use.