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   Message 4,138 of 5,684   
   Knut Roll-Lund to Chris Young   
   Re: Card Edge connector for TRS-80   
   30 Jun 06 01:39:00   
   
   From: kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no   
      
   Chris Young wrote:   
      
   > What type of card edge connector (the one coming out of the bottom of the   
   > computer to add drives 2 & 3) is that for the external drives on a TRS-80   
   > model 4? I see that some card edge connectors have that little divider and   
   > some do not. The TRS-80 takes the type that do not have the divider anyone   
   > know what those are called? And are those 34 pin as well?   
      
   Sometimes the divider is moveable, just pull it out with pliers etc.   
      
   The drives always have the space for the divider, even my original old   
   model I drives. It is the machine that doesn't have the space for the   
   divider and actually this is the same on old pc's that use edgeconnector   
   on the floppy cable.   
      
   Floppydrives are always 34 pin, except for Apple (and SCSI). And also 34   
   pin on the computer end of the cable.   
      
   I have made all my TRS-80 floppy cables from pc cables that I could take   
   apart successfully. And I don't use the pin pulling trick, I jumper the   
   drives.   
      
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