Re: Oric Drives

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.

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