if cable is to long cartridge don't work correctly on a true msx
buffering signal is done
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Newsgroups: local.msx.int
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: Connector on the Philips MSX PC card
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> Hello Girls and Boys,
>
> A question about the Philips MSX PC card. I have such a card (no, I'm not
> willing to sell it ;-) ) in my PC and it works great, but...
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> On the card is a 50 pins male 'connector' (much like a SCSI connector), of
which
> I suspect that it is a cartridge slot 'connector'. I've soldered a flat
cable
> connector to a cartridge slot connector (some nifty soldering if I say so
> myself) and connected it to the card (via a flatcable). The results I can
> measure are that the GND, +5V, +12V and -12V seem to be at the correct
> locations. The result if I power up the 'MSX' are that it powers up, but
does
> not (correctly) run the cartridges. It seems to do something, but I cannot
make
> out what it does AND it is not consistent.
>
> PLEASE HELP ME, I'M DESPERATE!
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> Does anybody have the schematics for this card (at LEAST of the
connector)!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeroen Smael
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