31 Oct
2003
31 Oct
'03
5:56 a.m.
On Oct 31, 14:23, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
just
> Looks like it. If you've tried two
terminators and two
controllers,
> all that's left is the cable or the drive. I
assume you've got the
> ribbon cable from the controller to the bulkhead connector round
the
right way.
Hmm, right that's one thing I'm not too sure about... the cable is straight-thru, right? I'm using a makeshift cable
(one of a couple
that I've
tried), and it's straight-thru, because I was
assuming the 'real'
cable is as
well. Sometime today I'll try to look to see if
there's anything too
obvious
that's wrong (eg missing 4MHz clock signal).
Yes, it is straight-through. One of mine has 8" of old 40-pin ribbon
cable from an Acorn 2nd Processor, vintage 1985 or so, and it works
fine. The back of the bulkhead connector is just a dual row of pins on
0.1" centres, and an ordinary female header fits perfectly. Of course,
depending on which way up you have the bulkhead connector, you might
need a half-twist in the ribbon cable.
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