Re: Missing rainbow ribbon on SSC card and need help where pins are, please!

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"jagginess" <jagginess@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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: Hi, I like the fact that there are apple enthusiasts out there just
: like me :) I was curious and crazy enough to see if I can bring my
: apple disks to PC-- unfortunately this SSC card I got from someone on
: ebay didn't have the rainbow ribbon and I think I have to manually
: solder the pins to a serial cable-- Anyone with this model card can
: please tell me where pin 1 and 10 end up?
:
:
: I believe the pins are arranged this way (backside of board)
:
: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
:                        | |  <-    I am assuming pin 1 is the left pin
: here and 10 to its right
:                        | |
:                        | |
:                        | |
:                        | |
: ----------------------------------
:
:
: The serial connector pin 1 on the end of the rainbow ribbon (i'm
: assuming its male connector)
:
:  \ . . . . . /         <- I also believe pin 1 is on the left here
:   \ . . . . /           <- and 9 is on the second row
:
:
: I'm going to try using ADT between pc and my apple IIe
: -
:  I tested the SSC card and it works, after going into the prompt from a
: hello Dos3.3 disk and typing
:  IN#2 and ctrl-a
:  a printout shows up as
: "APPLE SSC:"
: so I know I'm very close to getting started, can't wait! someone please
: help me on this!

Same as a serial cable out of a PC. Just plug it on and go.
I have a box full of these cables if you need one, except the
DB connector is male, instead of female. Use a gender bender.

Bill Garber