Apple Mac DB25 Serial Male to 8-Pin DIN Male Cable Beige Macintosh Serial

Apple Mac DB25 Serial Male to 8-Pin DIN Male Cable Beige Macintosh Serial

This is a beige serial cable with a DB25 (25-pin D-Sub) male connector on one end and an 8-pin DIN male connector on the other. It was produced for use with Apple Macintosh computers and their serial-port peripherals, connecting the Mac's serial port to devices such as printers, modems, and external drives that used the 8-pin DIN connector standard.

Specifications & What's Included

• Connector A: DB25 Male (25-pin D-Sub)
• Connector B: 8-Pin DIN Male
• Cable color: Beige
• Interface: Serial (RS-422 compatible, standard for classic Mac serial ports)
• Cable only — no additional accessories

Applications

The DB25-to-8-pin DIN serial cable was a standard connection type in the Apple Macintosh ecosystem from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Classic Macintosh computers — including the Mac Plus, Mac SE, Mac II series, Quadra, and Power Mac lines — used 8-pin DIN serial ports (labeled Printer and Modem) for connecting peripherals. Many external devices of that era, including serial printers, modems, AppleTalk network adapters, and some MIDI interfaces, used a DB25 connector on the device side, requiring this style of cable to interface with the Mac's DIN8 port. This cable type is still sought after by collectors and users maintaining vintage Mac systems or running legacy Mac-compatible peripherals.