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Re: ZipGSX help?



Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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: Bill/ Sean:
: Last time I made a set of cables, I purchases a double ended 6" 40 pin
: DIP 'jumper' connector and just cut it in half and hammered on a
: recycled IDE 40 pin header.  :)  It was sooo much easier than attempting
: to get a socket header on there myself.  (2- 3" cables for about $25)

Yes, that is easier than replacing the displacement headers.
Don't think you hammered on a header though. That would have
had pins.  :o)

: A person could do the same thing to replace a TranswarpGS cable as well,
: but you have to  flip over each pair of wires to get the odd/even pins
: correct.

That's why I paid Joachim Lange to make one for me.  :o)

: Hmm, now that I think about it, I was rather inelegant and clumbsy about
: the whole affair, maybe if I do it over and get new pin headers if that
: would clear up my cache issue...

Any leakage in the plugs, lines, etc....will give you problems.

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