sfahey wrote:
To: Michael J. Mahon On 2/9/08 2:28 PM, in article MISdnbUUSazFkDPanZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@comcast.com, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:FWIW, I've successfuly operated many (not all) Apple II cards at the end of a 50-wire ribbon cable about 30" long. No buffering or crosstalk protection was required, and only the usual power bypassing on the card itself.Homemade version of the SCRG Extend-a-Slot?
Essentially. The cable I used was actually a surplus cable used in an older computer system (maybe an HP3000 ;-), with three connectors as in the Apple II, and, at the other end a 50-pin card-edge. About as close to an Extend-a-Slot as you can get without switches. ;-) I've also used an Extend-a-Slot with a printer card, a modem, a Mockingboard, and something else I can't remember. ;-) -michael NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."