Re: TWGS bad cable symptoms/AUX connector?

[mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung)]

In <19990420011805.00325.00004279@ng-fp1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:

>>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

Do you know what some of the symptoms of cable failure are? I'm curious if this
might be my 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

Are there certain grades of ribbon cable that are more flexible than others? I'd
rather not have to do this too often.

Well at present I'm looking at replacing the CPU with a 14 MHz version, replace
the SRAMs with 12ns, replacing the crystal with either a 50MHz or 64MHz versions,
and fabricate a new cable. I sure hope my problem really is with my TransWarp
or I'm gonna feel really silly. :O

>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.

Hmm, not really knowing much about electronics per say, would it be possible to
hook up more than one CPU? Of course I'd imagine that the operating system
would have to be modified to take in account for dual processors, but it would be
a neat trick.

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