Re: Transwarp GS

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20031217050730.10794.00000607@mb-m24.aol.com">news:20031217050730.10794.00000607@mb-m24.aol.com...
: Bill Garber wrote:
:
: >"John" <twohandsfree@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: >e639cb5b.0312161712.75cd35c2@posting.google.com">news:e639cb5b.0312161712.75cd35c2@posting.google.com...
: >: FWIW .....
: >:
: >:   For my ZipGS I made it's CPU cable out of an old IDE HD
cable
: >and a
: >: 40 pin insulation dipslacement connector from Jameco -
nothing
: >: special, or maybe I was lucky.
: >:   Of course a Zip is not a Transwarp, but I haven't had any
Zip
: >: related problems on this ROM 03 for years. (I try not to
remove
: >or
: >: touch that cable.)
: >
: >Thanks, I'll look up that connector. I think
: >the problem is that I have to reverse the pins
: >in the 40 pin IDE connector that comes from the
: >card itself. They may be getting damaged when I
: >press the cable back in. Probably should get new
: >ones. Once the wire is pressed between the forks
: >they can spread open and not make contact
:
: I've always had good luck using a vise to clamp the "top" onto
: the connector while it is seated in a disposable 40-pin socket.
: I stop compressing _just after_ the top has made good contact
: with the body of the connector.
:
: { SNIP }
:
: There are, of course, special tools to compress IDC connectors,
: with dies for each connector type, but they are a bit pricey
for
: occasional use.  ;-)

Thank you Michael, for the explanation of
how to compress a ribbon cable into an IDC
conector. However, I was merely stating that
a used one may have damage to those forks and
not make good contact with the new section of
cable once the forks are reversed to allow pin
1 and 40, etc... on the TWGS to become inverted.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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