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

[Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com>]

CBS <jsmith66@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Hmmm.  VERY interesting.  What RAM card was this?

It was a rev A AE 4 meg ram card I think you can upgrade it to 8 But do
not rember I do not have it any more.


: Once you can answer that question, we can figure out if that connector was just
: a PIGGYBACK connector for more RAM.

the connecter was just like the TWGS's in the same spot.
you run a cable eazy to the card's

: I think that is what I read/saw in nibble.  Some sort of connection to another
: AE card.  (I started searching through some nibble magazines again today)



: Ronald Clark wrote:

:> 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...)