Re: Question, PC Transporter...again

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

So in other words, if I were to try to make a cable, I would use the
bracketed pins? Would I just have better luck trying to find someone with
a ColorSwitch?
0 [0 0 0 0 0] 0 
  o o o o o o
0 [0 0 0 0 0] 0


> Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth) wrote:
> > 
> > >J6 is the one which looks like
> > >0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
> > > o o o o o o
> > >0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> > >...correct?
> > >So how would I go about making an adaptor?
> > >(Sorry if I'm sounding stupid here or something...)
> > 
> > No, I see your point.  It is just that, as David Empson said,
> > the picture in the manual shows a 10-wire flat ribbon cable
> > with a flat connector on one end and a DB-9 connector on
> > the other.
> 
> This is precisely how the connector looks on my card (original version
> with ZIL RAMs).  The ColorSwitch cable uses the middle ten pins,
> ignoring the four outermost ones, and it appears the CGA one is the
> same.
> 
> Since it is a multi-layer board, it is impossible to tell if these pins
> go anywhere (they are not connected on the back of the board).
> 
> > Also, the picture in the manual shows this type of
> > flat connector:
> > 
> >  0
> > 00
> > 00
> > 00
> > 00
> > 0
> 
> Which picture shows this?  The one on page 25 looks just like my card.
> 
> Ah - you are talking about the CGA cable itself (page 33).  The
> staggered black spots are the backs of the cable crimp connectors, which
> have to be staggered like this to make contact with the appropriate
> wires.  The pins themselves (on the other side) will be arranged in the
> normal rectangular grid.
> 
> The male connector used on the ribbon cable is unusually wide, but it
> looks like a standard part, not a 14-pin header with the outer pins cut
> off.
> 
> -- 
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand