Re: Second Sight and ZIP on ROM01?!?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3jb43h$d62@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>,
Geoff Weiss - The Doctor <iigs@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>The reason why I had to replace the cable in the first place was I
>damaged the original ribbon cable.  I was trying to follow Nathan's
>advice to reverse the connectors and put the Zip in slot 1.  I ended
>up shorting the ribbon cable while trying to pry off connectors.

   Damaged while trying to pry off the connectors? How'd you do that,
with a machete? The connectors slide right out (ok, so a small
screwdriver or other chip puller under the 65816 socket helps a lot)
from the motherboard and card, then you flip them over, and
reinsert. No tech skills needed to do this other than making sure you
flip both ends over.

   I was kinda pressed for time this morning, so I left off a paragraph
from what I wanted to say about reversing the Zip's connector. When in
slot 3, the cable left the card, and did a u-turn to get down to the
motherboard. After being flipped, it's a straight course from slot one
down to the 65816 socket. Lame ascii art available upon request. :)

Nathan Mates
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