Cables for RX50 in BA23

[Pete Turnbull]

On Mar 24 2005,  9:15, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
> Dennis Boone wrote:
>
> >Can anyone help me identify the part numbers of the cable(s) which
> >would be used to connect an RX50 to an RQDXn (mine's a 3) in a
> >BA23 case?  Say an 11/53 or 11/73 type of machine?
> >
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> The BA23 normally arrives (i.e. has as standard
> hardware) a distribution panel for the RX50 dual
> floppy drive and RD5n hard drives.  A 50 pin flat
> cable with a female header at both ends is used to
> connect the controller (RQDX3 in your case) to this
> distribution panel.  The distribution panel has a
> 40 pin connection available in approximately the
> centre (although only the connection headers are
> visible through holes in the bulkhead between the
> distribution panel and the area which holds the
> floppy and / or hard drives).  The cable to be used
> is a 40 pin cable with a female header at both ends
> and usually about 10" in length (when used in a BA23).

Actually it's a 34-way cable, just like the 34-way cable used for a PC
3.5" drive, though without the "twist" that most PC drive cables have.
 The RX50 uses an almost-standard SA400-style interface
.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York