HP-IL cable clones?

[Martin Hepperle]

(01-12-2015 06:12 PM)Katie Wasserman Wrote:  [...]
Those connector pins are incredibly expensive, but it's good that they still make them. Have you tried to find cheaper alternatives?

Katie,
they have a high price, but as I mentioned in my paper they are of high quality and very delicate if you have them in hand (especially the male pins). On the other hand the typical sub-D connector pins are probably produced in quantities of millions per day so that they can be much more low cost. Also, they are much thicker and simpler in design.

For me the "shock" came when I ordered them as the shipping costs were 25€ so that it does not make sense to oder just enough pins for a single cable.
I only looked "half-heartedly" for replacements as I want to keep any original device connectors and cables undamaged. Otherwise one could replace the whole cabling system by e.g. LAN or USB cables. But that was not my intention.

Martin