9 Jan
2008
9 Jan
'08
8:06 p.m.
On Wednesday 09 January 2008 18:12, Tony Duell wrote:
I replied to the original post off-list, but since this is coming up here,
I'll mention here that I have a bunch of those kinds of cables, some of
which have differing combinations of pin-type or edge connectors, some may
have a twist or not, I'd have to look, but if anyone needs such, feel free
to contact me off-list and I'll go look in the box of cables and see what
I've got, in detail...
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
1) Does
anyone have a spare set of control and data cables? I'm
willing to pay for 'em, or visit Maplin for components to make up a set,
since they're probably easy to make with IDC connectors and ribbon cable.
If you want to make them, then it is very easy. They are just
straight-throught 20 (data) and 34 (control) cables. IDC header sockets
on one end, edge connectors on the other. I am not sure if Maplin still
do the necessary bits, but RS/Farnell do (and IIRC the latter sell IDC
ribbon cable in short-ish lengths).
The original IBM PC/AT control cable had a twist in some of the wires so
that boht drives cound be wst to the same DS line. But unlike the floppy
cable, whenre the twise is needed to geve separate motor control for the
2 floppy drives, the twist in the hard disk cabel is not necessary. You
cna use an untwisted cable and just set the DC links appropriately.