Questions about Central Point Deluxe Option board

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Jun 26 23:59:27 2002

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> On 26 Jun 2002, Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
> > That makes quite a bit of sense, and how I remember the cabling as
> > well. I need to make a suitable cable to go from the drive controller
> > to the option board it would seem. The issue is probably whether or not
> > the cable has a twist - I would assume it would NOT, since the standard
> > floppy cable would take care of that.
>
> No twist.
> Just straight 34 pin ribbon cable with a dual row header on one end and a
> card edge connector on the other. You could take an old AT floppy cable,
> and cut it off before the twist. That's a bit longer than you need, but
> works fine.

And make sure that J4 & J5 are jumpered to AT/Compaq if your connection
is from FDC to the card-edge on the DOB.
                                                 - don

> > Looking at the stylized picture on the manual cover, it appears the OB
> > is replacing the drive controller. Needless to say this doesn't mean
> DOES NOT
>
> > Would anyone happen to have a manual that could confirm our suspicians?
> Don't need no stinkin' manual.
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 26 2002 - 23:59:27 BST