8 Aug
2000
8 Aug
'00
1:54 a.m.
Now, THAT would be a handy part to have available at tne moment. Since it
apparent'y translates from the IIc's floppy port to the DISK-][ cable, it
would serve to move those same signals and supplies to an arbitrary
location.
I was just contemplating how I'd have to cut a DB25P IDC in two and mill off
6 pins' worth of connector and then glue it back together in order to make
it fit the IIc's floppy port. Too bad JameCo doesn't list that number any
longer. What I'll probably end up doing is soldering 19 appropriately
located pins into a PCB scrap intended for a DB25 and then soldering the
wires to the pins. It's unlikely I'll find an appropriately sized shell.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Coward <mranalog(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: Apple IIc (not IIC+) details
Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com> said:
> The file://c disk controller is for all reasonable intents and purposes
the
same
> as the Disk ][ controller used in the Apple ][
and ][+, simply with a
> different connector pinout (D-subminature 19 pin instead of a 2x10
header).
It's
reduced from seven chips to one, but functions the same.
In fact I remember about 1988, buying a small connector from Jameco. It
had
pins on both sides almost like a wire wrap header. (I seem to me that
the pins
were straight through). One side plugged into the file://c floppy port and
the
other side plugged into the ribbon cable from the Apple ][ drive. And
it
cost two or three dollars. I couldn't find it on their web site just
now,
but I was surprised to see that they still sell power supplies for the
Apple ][,][+,][e.
--Doug
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