15 Mar
2005
15 Mar
'05
5:02 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
You cna crimp these connectors (presumably 34 pin header socket or edge
connector and 50 pin edge connector) in a bench vice. And how anyone can
do serious hardware hacking without a vice is beyond me (s/vice/vise/
across the Pond, I believe).
I do have a vise (and several vices, too...) If I can find an IDC
connector, I'll try that. Unfortunately, it's likely to be easier and
cheaper to find an old SCSI cable with card-edge connector than a new
component.
This is good.
Doc
Details on making a 34 to 50 pin cable can be found on
my website.
I've looked at that, but I don't have access to crimpers. Would the line noise from
a soldered strip-&-splice be excessive?
Should work fine. I've passed floppy drive signals through an old,
random-wired printer switchbox without problems (!).