ANDY BALL wrote to MARK LEWIS on 10-14-04 11:43:

 AB> Don't try this at home kids ;-)  I generally avoid long parallel cables
 AB> wherever possible.  Here's my standard PLIP cable wiring for what that's
 AB> worth.
 AB>  PLIP works in nybble mode, and ISTR this cable works with Interlink,
 AB> DCC etc. too.

 AB>       D0   2  -----\/-----  2   D0
 AB>   /Error  15    15  /Error

 AB>       D1   3  -----\/-----  3   D1
 AB>   Select  13    13  Select

 AB>       D2   4  -----\/-----  4   D2
 AB>     POut  12    12  POut

 AB>       D3   5  -----\/-----  5   D3
 AB>     /Ack  10    10  /Ack

 AB>       D4   6  -----\/-----  6   D4
 AB>     Busy  11    11  Busy

 AB>      Gnd  25  ------------  25  Gnd

That's the way I wired my old nybble-mode cable (as per the INTERLNK
notes). The new 'byte-mode' cable (which works in nybble-mode only) also
uses the following (in addition to the above):

 1 --- 1
14 --- 14
16 --- 16
17 --- 17

As per File Maven's docs.

 AB> Pins 18-25 are all ground, and could be connected straight across.  I
 AB> think it's more common to connect a single ground reference on these
 AB> cables though.

I'm using a single reference (pin 25), here. I wonder if connecting all
the grounds would make a difference, in byte-mode? I wouldn't think so,
and they're not mentioned in either INTERLNK's or File Maven's docs.

   Ken

 
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