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Re: Cable Needed

Subject: Re: Cable Needed
From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:20:29 -0700
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Jim Marek wrote:

> Most Apple disks have a 20-pin header inside the case. If the DuoDisk is
> like the others I've seen, you may just be able to run a 20-conductor cable
> from the internal header to the header inside the drive.
> Jim

Unfortunately the DuoDisk is an exception.  There's one analog card for 2
drives
and the connector is a db25 connector which is part of the analog card. The
cable
"converts that to db19.
I can't imagine why they would design something like that when it must be
cheaper to
have an ordinary cable and do the downsizing on the analog card. The Apple III
used
a 26 pin connector. could it have originally been designed for the Apple III
then
modified for the II?

    Wayne

References:
- Cable Needed
  - From: AsylumBoy <AsylumBoy@hotmail.com>
- Re: Cable Needed
  - From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>
- Re: Cable Needed
  - From: Jim Marek <jmarek@siemens-psc.com>

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