PerSci 277 floppy drives

[Doc Shipley]

Tony Duell wrote:

>>>Details on making a 34 to 50 pin cable can be found on my website.
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>>   I've looked at that, but I don't have access to crimpers.  Would the 
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> You cna crimp these connectors (presumably 34 pin header socket or edge 
> connector and 50 pin edge connector) in a bench vice. And how anyone can 
> do serious hardware hacking without a vice is beyond me (s/vice/vise/ 
> across the Pond, I believe).

   I do have a vise (and several vices, too...)  If I can find an IDC 
connector, I'll try that.  Unfortunately, it's likely to be easier and 
cheaper to find an old SCSI cable with card-edge connector than a new 
component.

>>line noise from a soldered strip-&-splice be excessive?
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> Should work fine. I've passed floppy drive signals through an old, 
> random-wired printer switchbox without problems (!).

   This is good.


	Doc