Re: How to use CFFA on a GS with an external adapter

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Dec 3 2007, 12:00 pm, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 3:41 pm, heuser.mar...@freenet.de wrote:
>
> > Oracle wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > sometimes pictures are better than words:
> > [snip]
> > >http://digilander.libero.it/apple2gs/immagini/CFFA11.jpg
>
> > > It works!!!
>
> > Well done!
>
> > bye
> > Marcus
>
> Good deal. I've been meaning to do this, but since you've done the
> legwork, I just bought one myself. Thanks for the heads-up.
>
> -Warr

So, to reply to myself for an ancient thread, my part arrived from
Hong Kong in about 7 weeks. Sheesh.

Anyway, I stopped by Fry's today and bought a "rounded 18-inch UDMA
cable." I made sure to select one where the wires weren't sheathed
where they come in contact with the molex connector itself, so I could
gently fold the wires on top of the connector in order to feed it
through one of the DB-25 cutouts on the back of the GS.

With a little bit of gentle finessing, it went in behind slot-7,
plugging into the CFFA in slot-7. Then I ran the cable to the ebay-
bought CF adapter which sits atop my floppy drive stack, and plugged
in the CF card. Bingo! It works just fine, and now I have a visible
drive-activity light for CF access.

I suppose if I'm feeling saucy, I might build a little enclosure for
the CF adapter, but I have no problem with it being exposed and bare.

Just a postscript to this discussion.

Did anyone else buy one of these adapters?

-Warr