Edge connector...

[Argus]

@Generale

I made one of those ISA hack jobs to attach a Zorro II card to an A500.  It was a nightmarish solder job.  Then it dawned upon me, I could have saved a lot of time if I'd only used some old PC 5.25" floppy cables.  They have maybe 20-25 pin female adaptor ends for the old card-style interface of 5.25" drives.  If you carefully cut and glue a bunch (maybe 3-4) together you'd make the 86-pin female connector to attach to the A500's side port. The beauty of it is no soldering is needed to attach ribbon cable!  Then you could either attach a 100-pin female connector similarly fashioned to the other end of a short ribbon cable section and attach a Zorro II card or solder the ribbon cable wires to whatever contraption your making. A lot of old pc's have provision for either 3.5" or 5.25" floppy adaptors right on the cables.  I think it's worth a try, may even try it myself.  Remember to keep the ribbon cable length as short as possible.

[Argus]

generale

Floid is right, the cables stick onto metal barbs on the XT floppy connectors.  You could just glue the plastic backing parts right back on the cables.  Believe me, if it works, not having to solder 86 small wires to the pins would be worth it ...or 172 pins if you include the other end.  I may try and make one tonight.

[Argus]

Tahoe wrote:
I really liked the Bodega Bay back in the old days!

Zorro II:  4  
Zorro III:  None  
ISA:  3 (3 inline) (Non Active)
PCI:  None  
Video Slots:  None  
Other:  None  


The Bodega Bay is an external busboard for use with the A500 which comes with its own housing. It connects to the side expansion slot of the A500, contains its own power supply and provides three drive bays. This unit may be electrically compatible with the A1000, but is unlikely to physically fit as it's designed to "hug" the A500's case.

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1330


Probably impossible to find nowadays....

That is exactly what I made my ribbon cable connector for. To put an A500 motherboard and the bodega bay backplane in a tower case. It is huge though.