22 Jan
2015
22 Jan
'15
5:06 p.m.
Yeah, I figured it would be! If finding the genuine
cables turns into a big deal, I suppose I could run some 13-way IDC cable out of the
system/drive/850 cases and use DA15 connectors (there's enough clearance around the
existing connectors to do so without harming anything), but it would be nice to find at
least one real cable first and verify that my drives work.
I bought some of the SIO cables off eBay a few months back, intending to cut them and
stick DA-15 connectors on them. Before I did that, I took apart the connectors to look at
how they were made to see if I could come up with any ideas for reproducing them. The
design is fairly simple and I think the shell could be easily reproduced on a 3D printer
or hobby CNC.
Instead of hacking up the cables that I bought I ended up making a brand new cable using
the original shell and I used 0.156 crimp pins as a substitute. They were just a little
tight, but I had no problems fitting them into the original housing.
Here?s some photos: http://imgur.com/a/F0WUD
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