| From: | Sam Thomas |
| Date: | 3 May 2000 at 12:41:01 |
| Subject: | Re: Someone just please please help!!! |
Hello Michael
On 03-May-00, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oruk_amigan@btinternet.com [mailto:oruk_amigan@btinternet.com]
>>
>>> will NOT work on this pass-thur :( And you need the 4-way clock-port
>>> expander to extend the clock port connector AWAY from the
>> space the BVision
>>
>>> takes up. The Melody1200 (is that still in production for
>> A1200?) comes
>>> with an extender cable IIRC for people with a BVision too.
>>
>> Well least someone told me before I fudged again!! ;)
>> Basically what I will
>> do then is buy some ribbon cable, and a plug for that clock
>> port header pins
>> (using 22pins, not 40?) and run a small extension from under
> Well bloody good luck then, I tried and tried for 6 months to do this but
> it seems impossible to get hold of high denisty header sockets, (same as
> used on 2.5" HDD). The connector you need is half a 44-pin IDE socket and
> are like gold dust it seems, well from the major bits 'n' bobs suppliers
> Maplins and RS... they even put me in contact with other 'specialists' but
> no go there either :-/
> Getting the high density ribbon cable is enough for a nightmare! I melted
> my Catweasel cable and had to rebuild it from a hacked up 2.5"-> 3.5"
> cable.... and i'm not sure if it fully works anymore :(
I know what you mean! I have an AteoBus in my system and when I got online I
thought that it would be a good idea to buy a faster serial port, so I got
the Twister.MkII. There was one thing that I forgot to do when I ordered it
though... Ask about any problems I may have fitting it.
Next day the package arrived and I stripped my EZ-Tower down, pulled it all
to bits and then removed the AteoBus. Minutes later Twister in place...
Argh! the AteoBus don't want to fit any more! : (
I spent the next week ringing around all sorts of electronics suppliers and
trying all over the shop to get a extension cable, Alas no luck.
Next day my Netconnect3 package arrived (from Eyetech) and I thought,
'bugger this', so I got my old 3.5" IDE cable and butchered that up into a
1.5" long bit of ribon cable. Then I proceeded to solded this straight onto
the clockport connection and then over to the Twister connection (All
heat-shrinked to stop shortouts (hopefully!)). I then reasembled my system,
powered up, (usual fiddling with AteoBus + Apollo follows) and it worked!.
Thing is though, I really wanted one of those sound cards to go with it but
it looks a bit unlikely now : /
Regards
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