• Bolts of Thunder

    From David Lesher@wb8foz@panix.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sun Jan 4 05:14:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system




    I have a Macbook with T-Bolt2 i.e. the MDF flavor,

    It's not bootable at present,
    I'd like to put it in Target Mode and connect it to another Mac.

    One approach might be a cable to another T-Bolt2 machine.

    The other would be buying a Apple A1790 adapter and plugging into a T-Bolt3 Mac,
    Either requries a M-M cable.

    But:

    https://pinoutguide.com/SerialPorts/apple_thunderbolt_pinout.shtml https://pinoutguide.com/Video/mini_displayport_pinout.shtml

    appear to indicate the wiring of a un-T-Bolt2 MDP jack and
    T-Bolt2 one are in fact different.

    So will a
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/174597979264
    cable work with T-Bolt2? I don't find any mention of "T-Bolt 2"
    (vs. MDP) cables.


    And will it work with the A1790 to instead Target-mount to a T-Bolt3 machine? --
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