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Hi,
I'm sure I've seen *somewhere* online in the last few weeks, DB9 connectors without the flanges left and right that prevent connection to an A600. (I think they were IDC type, but couldn't swear to it.)
Did I dream them, or do they exist, and if so does anyone know where they can be bought?
Also, does anyone know of a source of DB23 male connectors, as required to connect to the Amiga floppy port?
Well as it turns out they *do* exist, and I've found several online retailers (all with seemingly identical inventory), that can supply both the nice small DB9s and also regular solder bucket DB23s as well as housings for them.
http://www.connectworld.net/cgi-bin/standard/DB09FP
http://www.connectworld.net/cgi-bin/hello-cables/DB09FP
http://www.rrdatatelecom.com/cgi-bin/rrdata/DB09FP
http://www.connectworld.net/cgi-bin/cabled/DB09FP
Unfortunately for me these retailers are all in the US (I'm assuming they're all related in some way - two of them are on the same domain!), so shipping's going to be pricey for just a handful of connectors.
Anyone from the UK (or Europe for that matter) interested in a possible group buy?
I can grab some of those and the DB23s too if it helps.
Excellent :thumbsup: Anyone else interested?Quote:
Originally Posted by ajk
(@mods: Is there anywhere in particular a group buy thread should live?)
There is a company in the UK that does DB23's... I'll try and find the bookmark...
Cool - thanks for that. I did see one that sold the DB23 females for interfacing with the video port, but not the males for the floppy drive port.Quote:
Originally Posted by ptp170
(It always struck me that the floppy port was horribly under-utilised on the Amiga classic. After all, it's capable of shifting data at half a megabaud under DMA control and it sat there unused while the processor struggled to feed the serial port at a quarter of that, and printing to the parallel port chewed up loads of processor time.)
Got it...hopefully there should be something useful on here :)
http://www.westfield.co.uk/Powerand%...idcsh/3001.htm
:thumbsup:
Cool - thanks for that. I don't see any prices quoted on that site, though? And they don't have the flangeless DB9s, so I suspect I'll do an order from one of the Stateside companies and get the stuff I want all in one go.Quote:
Originally Posted by ptp170
AJK and I are both interested in a few bits - does anyone else want flangeless IDC DB9s, or regular solder-bucket DB23s and/or hoods while we're at it?
How many male DB23s do you need? I am sure we have a few spare Male connectors (no female connectors though). I can check tomorrow when back in office if that helps.
As it happens I don't *need* any immediately - the object of the exercise was to extract maximum value from a fixed shipping cost by buying spares!Quote:
Originally Posted by www_amigakit_com
Thanks for the thought, though. :)