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From: higgin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Higginbottom - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HELP!!!! WITH AN AMIGA CABLE!! PLEASE
Message-ID: <17355@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 21:04:31 GMT
References: <1991Jan6.221902.46206@cc.usu.edu>
Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Higginbottom - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jan6.221902.46206@cc.usu.edu> slmt9@cc.usu.edu writes:
$        I have an Amiga 1000 and an Amiga 500 Hard Drive. The drive works
$perfectly but because it is a 500 hard drive it covers the mouse and Joystick
$ports. What I need is some way to extend the length of the Connectors. This is
$the problem the Amiga side is an 86 pin edge card connector and the drive is
$what I would guess is the female side of the 86 pin connection.
$        Does anyone have a cable that could connect these two from a distance,
$or know of a place that sells such a beast, Even the parts?
$[...]
$        Joshua
$        SLMT9@cc.usu.edu

[I'm not a hardware guy but...] This is not an advisable thing to do as
the A1000 expansion connector was designed for only very short expansion
distances.  You might consider modifying the housing of the drive to make
room for mouse and joystick port extenders instead, which are less
sensitive to distance.

	Paul.