Re: Wanted: Old Compaq Deskpro non-IDE Floppy Cable (twist)

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From: David Longley
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <104641503wnr@kenda.co.uk> chris@kenda.co.uk "Chris Isbell" writes:

> In article: <HUEZANA3xvYxEwtA@jasper.demon.co.uk>  Mike Tomlinson 
> <mike@jasper.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Grr. Give me the clever-dick who thought of the cable twist idea, and
> > didn't think to follow it through with sufficient information to 
> > ensure it became a widely-accepted standard (probably some tw*t at 
> > IBM), and I'll gladly rip his bollocks off with my teeth, :)
> 
> What a sexist remark! (Probably true though.) There are (unfortunately 
> all too few) female engineers around.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Isbell               Southampton, England
> chris@kenda.co.uk (work)   chris@isbell.demon.co.uk (home)
> +44 1703 869922            +44 1703 465367
> 
> 
Errrmm..does ayone have an original compaq fd cable??? One they can give
me? Three edge connector cables off a standard pin plug, a twist to the
first, an untwist to the second, and a straight cable to the last?

I've already tried the do it youself solution - :-(..
-- 
David Longley

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