"Dave Althoff Jr" wrote in message news:bt7vdr$det$1@acme.gcfn.org... : digitalplaytime (info@digitalplaytime.com.au) wrote: : : Hi I have and Apple IIe computer and I also have a duo twin disk : : drive, but with no original cable for it, Their is no power cable : : attachment so I can only quess that the power comes via the connection : : cable to the apple. : : : On my apple iie I have a disk drive port but the socket is smaller : : than the one on the duo. : : : I have found a couple of ribbon cables which connect to the duo but : : the other end is smaller on the apple pc - I know this is a drive port : : as I have another single disk drive and it works on this port. : : : Is the duo drive a serial drive and requires a serial card? and not : : the drive card in the apple pc ? I have a serial card which has two : : bank of dip switches on it and the cables do fit on both ends but the : : drive does nothing. do I need to change the dip switches or is this : : not the right card to use and cable? : : : If you know I would be grateful as I want to see if the drive works. : : You need a DuoDisk drive cable, unfortunately. : : The DuoDisk plugs into the 19-pin disk drive connector, which, in a ][e, : would be attached to a controller card in one of the slots, probably Slot : #6. It's the same controller card that works with any Apple 5.25" drive : except the Disk ][ (and it can be made to work with the Disk ][ if you : change the connectors around). And yes, the drive is powered by the : interface. : : If you're lucky, someone else here can give you the pinouts of that cable. : I don't think I have any DuoDisk cables around here to check..... Here is the Duodisk cable pinout: II just checkd the pinout on a Duodisk cable. The numbers for the pins are inside the plug by the pins, but I'll draw them for you. DB 19 looking at the end of the cable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ------------------------------------------------ DB 25 looking at the end of the cable: (x = no pin) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 x o o o o o o o o o o o x o o o o o o o o x o o x 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ------------------------------------------------ DB 19 DB 25 1 2 2 4 3 9 & 21 4 10 & 14 5 23 6 7 7 19 8 20 9 8 10 12 11 15 12 16 13 17 14 18 15 5 16 24 17 11 18 3 19 6 If you'd like, I can attempt to make you a cable. I have 2 drives here to test it on. We'll discuss the monetary part via email. -- Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-) Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net Remove - SPAM and X to contact me --- This email ain't infected, dude! Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.556 / Virus Database: 348 - Release Date: 12/27/03