Re: Apple II card for Macintosh PDS Slots

[nyder <nyder.23@gmail.com>]

On Monday, March 4, 2013 3:42:06 AM UTC-8, schmidtd wrote:
> On 3/4/2013 3:41 AM, Peter Dassow wrote:
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> > On 01.03.2013 23:31, David Schmidt wrote:
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> >> On 3/1/2013 2:46 PM, Peter Dassow wrote:
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> >>> Hi,
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> >>>
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> >>> I have a simple question ... where can I get a (floppy) cable for an
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> >>> Apple II PDS Slot card, or, if that is not possible, is there a place
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> >>> which describe that cable / have a wire diagram for it ?
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> >>
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> >> I assume you mean the Y-cable?  The pinout is here:
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> >> http://www.vintagemacworld.com/lc_card_faq.html#C
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> >>
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> >> Where can you get one?  The exact same place you get any other retro
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> >> equipment ever... you don't _really_ need to ask that, do you? ;-)
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> >
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> > Almost impossible to find such a Y-cable at the Bay, forget it.
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> > If I have no other possibilities, I have to rebuild the cable by myself,
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> > but at vintagemacworld.com they are in doubt about the pin layout
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> > ("these pinouts have not been tested and you use this information at
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> > your own risk..."). Would be nice someone can aknowledge the pinout.
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> The point is largely moot - you'll never find that 3-row D-shell 
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> connector anywhere.

How many pins in each row?   What you need, female or male?