18 Feb
2000
18 Feb
'00
12:07 p.m.
Hello, all you dumpster divers . . . .
I am on the lookout for:
a --->> 44pin IDE <<--- cable about an inch or less long to attach a
2.5"
harddrive into an Amiga 1200. I've had people try to sell me adapters to
the standard 40 pin. The pitch is slightly less than .100 -- think it's
about .080. Female to female connectors.
Also looking for a good sorce or supply of Syquest 5 1/4" catridges in
either 88 Mb or 200 Mb capacities. I have one of all of these drives --
44/88/200 and the new prices are worse than the price of gasoline these
days. I have a used 44 meg Syquest drive with two carts that I'd part with
QUITE CHEAPLY.
Also to remind all you Amigalphiles out there -- the Gateway Amiga show is
in St. Louis again on April 1-2 at the Henry VIII Hotel on Lindbergh
Boulevard near the airport.
Gary Hildebrand
loyal Amigaphile and boatanchor collector
18 Feb
18 Feb
8:15 a.m.
Hello, all you dumpster divers . . . .
I am on the lookout for:
a --->> 44pin IDE <<--- cable about an inch or less long to attach a
2.5"
harddrive into an Amiga 1200. I've had people try to sell me adapters to
the standard 40 pin. The pitch is slightly less than .100 -- think it's
about .080. Female to female connectors.
http://www.softhut.com/product.html
Which reminds me, I really need to find one or two now that I've got some
2.5" drives....
Zane
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9:06 a.m.
FYI to the list,
I got one of these:
IDE laptop to regular IDE adapter.
p/n FLT-3120 @ $19.95 each.
at http://www.cablemakers.com 1-888-921-2243
a while back. No complaints to report.
The website photo shows a slight change to the
one I have. Hate to have to hand wire/solder
one of these.
John A.
17 Feb
17 Feb
10:08 a.m.
John Allain wrote:
FYI to the list,
I got one of these:
IDE laptop to regular IDE adapter.
p/n FLT-3120 @ $19.95 each.
at http://www.cablemakers.com 1-888-921-2243
I've seen just the cable adapters w/ power supply connection for about $3.00
or so at Rogers Specialists. $19.95 for what they are offering seems more
than a little bit high.
18 Feb
18 Feb
9:04 a.m.
Also looking for a good source or supply of Syquest 5 1/4" catridges in
either 88 Mb or 200 Mb capacities. I have one of all of these drives --
44/88/200 and the new prices are worse than the price of gasoline these
days. I have a used 44 meg Syquest drive with two carts that I'd part with
QUITE CHEAPLY.
I see that www.onsale.com has packs of 3 new 200Mb for $19.95 plus $9.50
shipping in the USA. No, you dont get a discount on the shipping if you
buy multiple units. This still seems like a lot to me, but its better
than the list price of $119.95 ...
49 sets are still available. This URL is good until monday:
http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00049179/02522148.htm
-Lawrence LeMay
2 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
Hello, all you dumpster divers . . . .
I am on the lookout for:
a --->> 44pin IDE <<--- cable about an inch or less long to attach a
2.5"
harddrive into an Amiga 1200. I've had people try to sell me adapters to
the standard 40 pin. The pitch is slightly less than .100 -- think it's
about .080. Female to female connectors.
It's probably 2mm (.0787 in). The connectors and cable are available from
digikey (US and Canada). (www.digikey.com, catalog pg 37)
Digikey P/N Description AMP P/N Price (US)
ASA44K-ND 44 pin, 2mm, IDC connector 1-111626-0 $3.54
AM446-X-ND 44 conductor, 2mm cable, 5ft 1-57051-2 $3.19
IDC cables are pretty easy to crimp with a panavise, or bench vise and
nylon jaws. Just take your time, and buy extra parts :)
Clint
3:25 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 06:00:51PM -0700, Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
IDC cables are pretty easy to crimp with a panavise,
or bench vise and
nylon jaws.
Or a "duckbill" vice grip, available at welding supply shops and some auto
parts shops. Works nicely, and not too strong... A vice is OK but you
have to be really careful to listen for the clicks, the first one is the
connector seating, the second one is the connector shattering!
John Wilson
D Bit
19 Feb
19 Feb
8:04 a.m.
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1:16 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Or a
"duckbill" vice grip, available at welding supply shops and some auto
parts shops. Works nicely, and not too strong... A vice is OK but you
have to be really careful to listen for the clicks, the first one is the
connector seating, the second one is the connector shattering!
Actually, the first
2 clicks are the connector locks seating, the third
one is the connector breaking in half :-) I've crimped dozens of IDC connectors, and I
nearly always use a 3"
(across the jaws) bench vice. Slip the cable into the connector, put the
connector between the jaws of the vice, and tighten just enough to hold
it. Check the alignment of the cable, then clamp it up and it's done.
I often use a high powered magnifying glass just to be sure that all the pins
are aligned with the cable before I tighten the vice. A bright light helps
as well. Also, my vice is a bare bones model which has just plain metal
jaws. But I rarely do more than 34 pin cables for disk drives. Sometimes
I do a 50 pin cable in which case I often need to do as much as possible
in the centre - then shift the connector first to one side then the other to
achieve a tight enough fit and apply enough pressure and finally finish up
back in the centre.
I've never used the 'press' type tools
that are shown in some catalogues
for small-production use, and which cost a few hundred pounds and up.
Doubtless they work well, and they'd be a lot faster (I guess) than using
the bench vice. But time is not that important to me as a hobbyist, and
I've got more important things to buy first.
I usually don't use that excuse - I just say that I am plain frugal or cheap -
which ever seems right at the time.-) Or I say that all expenses must be
offset by something else that I sell to justify the new purchase.
The hard part is taking old connectors off old cables - the 34/20 pin edge
connectors are usually easy. Getting the header off the other end is almost
always difficult - inexpensive and time consuming, but difficult.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
1:55 p.m.
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6:56 a.m.
I have used a vice to crimp connectors but for card-edge connectors I just
stand of the connector with just the heel of my boot and rock slightly.
It is hard to do that way with the header-type connectors without breaking
the locks off. You can use superglue if you do.... Caution with a vise.
I bent the handle on a friend's one time trying to crimp a scsi header
onto some rainbow-colored cable I have. This cable has a little bit more
insulation than is normal and it was hard to get throug. --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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7:47 a.m.
I make cables with ribbon and header types all the time with a vise - I have
a clamp on vise that has stiff poly covers on the jaws and lightly clamp the
connector/cable in place and then slowly close the vise down. It's very easy
and effective. The crimp tools made for header conection (IDC/IDS) are
essentially a hand worked vise.
Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote:
I have used a vice to crimp connectors but for
card-edge connectors I just
stand of the connector with just the heel of my boot and rock slightly.
It is hard to do that way with the header-type connectors without breaking
the locks off. You can use superglue if you do.... Caution with a vise.
I bent the handle on a friend's one time trying to crimp a scsi header
onto some rainbow-colored cable I have. This cable has a little bit more
insulation than is normal and it was hard to get throug. --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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20 Feb
20 Feb
3:48 a.m.
At 12:47 PM 2/19/00 -0600, you wrote:
I make cables with ribbon and header types all the time
with a vise - I have
a clamp on vise that has stiff poly covers on the jaws and lightly clamp the
connector/cable in place and then slowly close the vise down. It's very easy
and effective. The crimp tools made for header conection (IDC/IDS) are
essentially a hand worked vise.
I do the same thing but I just use the regular jaws. I just take it slow
and easy. Even a slight over tightening will crush the connector.
Joe
7:56 a.m.
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19 Feb
19 Feb
6:59 a.m.
New subject: Data General Eclipse
Well, I have gotten my DG MV4000DC up and running. It has 8mb ram, a
120mb and an 71mb hard disks, 5b terminals, 12 telnet soft terminals,
tcp/ip (not fully configured yet). I have OS tapes, tcpip tape,
diagnostic tapes and utilities. I could use a copy of PCOPY.PR to restore
an LDU from the former config.
I have gotten reasonable facile with the machine and operating system. If
anyone comes across an DG machine I can provide system software and tech
aid in getting it up and running. This applies to the Data General
MV/xxxxx series machines.
--
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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