Re: TWGS bad cable symptoms/AUX connector?

[Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com>]

to make the cable you need to reverse all the pics on the dip (It'a a real
pain)
the TWGS does not have the standered dip for te ribben it's the reverse.
Ron

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
> mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung) wrote:

>>While I'm working on a way to aquire a 14Mhz chip I'm wondering what the
>>symptoms of a faulty CPU cable is. I have the older style cable without the
> dot
>>and gold pins. I do remember reading ages ago that this cable usually had
> problems
>>but as I never experienced any back then I never paid any attention to them.
>>
>>Also what was so special about the updated cable? Could I just fabricate one
> from
>>local electronics component stores and expect it to work?

> I think you can.  The old cable had brittle wires, if I recall, and that caused
> it to fail if you plug it and unplug it repeatedly.  If your cable has a
> problem,
> it appears that a replacement can be constructed using a DIP connector, a
> flat ribbon cable, and a the right type of connector at the other end.  All
> components can be obtained from http://www.digikey.com/ DigiKey.

>>Also there is an auxillary connector at the top of card which was obviously
> for
>>some kind of future expansion that never was developed, but does anyone know
>>what applications were planned for it?

> It is a high speed bus for connecting memory most likely.  This memory
> could be addressed directly by the processor at full speed.  AE never
> did come up with a product to connect here.  The Zip GS has such an
> AUX connector too.