22 Jan
2015
22 Jan
'15
7:14 p.m.
On 01/22/2015 05:09 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
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 like using real floppies for as long as I can, though! One of the
1050 drives has some kind of speed-doubler widget fitted internally, so
although I heard that the drives can be slow, that one might not be too bad.
J.
Forget the RF output, use the composite monitor
connection, there are
schematics for the cable on the web. Anyways, a proper 75 ohms coaxial
cable from the computer to the tv (with adequated connectors) should work
Yes, I think it will possibly work with my Commodore 1702, but I'm not sure
if I have a suitable spare connector in the junk pile at the moment - plus
it feels a bit weird using a Commodore display with an Atari :-)
2) Does anyone
have any spare I/O cables, or know of a source of the
connectors so I can make my own?
Mostly impossible to find the connectors alone. (I suppose
while I'm here I may as well ask if anyone just happens to
know what voltage power supplies the 1050's and 850 need, but I'm sure I
can dig the answers to that up online if needed)
Sure :) While you're on google, get the schematics and build a SIO2SD
device, you'll need it! ;o)