Re: Whats that connector on the TWGS board (on top)??

[Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com>]

I had a AE ram card that had that connecter and it faced the TWGS card and
was strate acrose.

Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
: CBS (jsmith66@hotmail.com) wrote:
: : Most people tell me it is a TEST connector, used at the factory to test
: : the boards.

: : I find this *highly* unlikely.  Companies don't put test *connectors* on
: : electronics.  The connectors are too expensive.

: : EVERY test "connector" on every Apple II board that I've ever seen was a
: : line of a few solder spots on the board.  Instead of PLUGGING into the
: : board, a machine or human could *PRESS* a test device to the "connector"
: : and test the board.

: : Maybe if::          Tony Diaz,

: : or one of his friends are reading this, they could ask him about it and
: : share the answer with us.

: : I *seem* to remember there was a cable to connect the TWGS directly to a
: : memory card??  (I thought I read something about the connector in a
: : NIBBLE).  Maybe it was a processor addon I read about.  I cannot
: : remember, and I havent been able to find the Nibble Article since then
: : (I first read it way before I got my GS)


: : Hmmm.  I should have followed the traces on the board to the Connector
: : the other day, when I drew my %100 accurate scale drawing of my TWGS.


: : Here is the best idea I've seen so far (I just found it searching
: : DejaNews)

: : ****************************************
: : ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione) wrote:

: : >   What is the pin connector at the top of the TransWarp GS card next
: : to
: : >the light.  It looks like a 34 pin connector for a HD or something.

: : It's a passthrough for the microprocessor, I think.  It was intended
: : so that Applied Engineering (or someone else, perhaps) could construct
: : addon modules of some sort for the TWGS.  Nobody ever used it for
: : anything.

: ...Or possibly so that the TWGS could be installed in a different slot and
: connected to the motherboard with a longer cable?  I always assumed that's
: what it was for, as the CPU connector at the bottom of the card may
: interfere with the contents of other cards.  Of course, my CPU cable is
: short enough that I couldn't try that little trick...

: --Dave Althoff, ][.
: (who needs to get on the stick and order a new 65C816 to make his TWGS
: work again...)