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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 86-pin Card edge sought
Keywords: edge
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Date: 12 Sep 90 11:06:56 GMT
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In <13578@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes:
>Does anyone know a source for an 86-pin card edge? I don't need a connector,
>but some way to add a pass through to an Alegra board. 

The best way is to make one. It is not a normal off-the-shelf item.

>The Alegra 2M board has some pins which stick out off the back of its
>connector. I was hoping to bend the pins and solder them to 1/3 of the edge
>and use the other edge for plugging in another toy.
>
>Any suggestions?

Yes. Make sure you understand autoconfig, so that you won't be tempted to just
solder all the pins to the connector, and be prepared to do some hacking on the
Alegra, if necessary. After you've done the deed, try the toy you want to plug
in before you buy it, if possible. Boards plugged in this way are definitely
not guaranteed to work.

-larry

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