Re: Oric Drives

That cable looks perfect Andre!
And the price is not too bad, infact i am willing to spend a little to get a
decent Oric setup.

Cool idea about the soft reset, since i don't have a spare button on the
front for it.

About connector, i would hope to put a socket on the front of the pc for the
keyboard. Something like a 25 way D.

I found some nice angle brackets to mount the 3" drive in a 5.25" bay,
although do you know of any easier way to have a nice escution other than
cutting out one from a blank plastic plate?

The other problem i am a little concerned about is the ATX power supply.
1) Is their a good link to what all the connectors are?
2) How do i know what sort of PSU it is?
3) Are their any rules when taking power off them, such as are ATX psu's
switch-mode ones or balanced loading?
4) would the main oric board supply bypass the 9v curcuitry to directly
power the +5v?

Twilighte

"Andre Majorel" <cheney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrnde4du3.bt9.cheney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On 2005-07-23, Twilighte <twilighte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Andre Majorel" <cheney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:slrnde1qmi.bt9.cheney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On 2005-07-18, Twilighte <twilighte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I worked for years with an Oric-1 main board in a wooden box
>>> under the monitor and an Atmos keyboard attached to the Oric
>>> main board with a coiled cable. The total length of the cable
>>> was about 1.5 m (uncoiled).
>>
>> Almost forgot to ask, this coiled cable must have been 14+ core. Where
>> did
>> you get a 14 core coiled cable from?
>
> I bought an unscreened 15-core cable from Verospeed (ref.
> 251-37510A). I used the 15th wire for the reset button. The
> keyboard is connected to the Oric via a 15-pin sub-D connector.
>
> They're now called Radiospares or RS Components and the exact
> reference has disappeared from their catalogue but they have ref
> 365-240 which looks similar. It's not cheap.
>
>
> http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/subRangeAction.do?catoid=-1600756759&cacheID=uknetscape
>
> Just to make sure we're on the same wavelength : that cable is
> too short to reach under the table. The Oric case must be below
> or beside the monitor.
>
> RS have other (uncoiled) cables but they won't sell you less
> than 30m at a time. In a pinch, I suppose you could buy two
> meters of flat cable from an electronic components shop.
>
> --
> André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
> (Counterfeit: robivup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx uzydilek@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
> "J'baiserai la France jusqu'à ce qu'elle m'aime." -- Un rappeur


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