Wanted: Longer Cable for Indivision ECS

trip6 · 05-09-2010, 05:31 PM

Can anyone make me a custom cable for indivision ECS? The one they provide is too short for my mounting needs. It needs to be 6-8 inches longer. Can anyone make me a custom cable or know anyone or any store that could or would?

ElPolloDiabl · 05-09-2010, 06:21 PM

You would firstly need the pin outs for the card. Then buy a flat ide or floppy cable and a crimping tool (around $20). Or any PC repair place should be able to make up the cable for you. Next it will need to be soldered to it's connectors.

trip6 · 05-09-2010, 08:40 PM

Yeah there is no local place fpr me here that will do this... I had asked Amigakit where I bought it if they could\would get any longer cables made but never heard back from them... Redmond cable no longer does commodore and\or amiga cables....

ElPolloDiabl · 05-09-2010, 09:12 PM

So it's a 15 pin VGA cable then. I see you can get 16 way ribbon:
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...e&form=KEYWORD

Pinout:
http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml

It's quite an easy soldering job if you want to do it yourself.
I think I found what you were after:

http://www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--359...ables_Adapters

http://icop.com.tw/cable.asp

It's a VGA ribbon card for low profile graphics cards, I have a short one on my ATI 4350.

zipper · 05-09-2010, 10:04 PM

All my flat extension cables for video are 10way IDC connected like this:
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**tone007** · 05-10-2010, 04:25 AM

The longer you make a ribbon cable to use on a VGA source, the more likely you are to have image problems (ghosting especially.) If I were going to go to the trouble of making a new cable, I think i'd see about cutting up a nice shielded VGA cable and attaching it to the IDC connector.

barney · 05-10-2010, 09:37 AM

Is the cable long enough to mount on a bracket at the Video Slot on the Amiga (left of the power supply)?

omnicron10 · 05-10-2010, 11:31 AM

I did this...(see picture) and I do not have any ghosting or problems.

trip6 · 05-10-2010, 12:08 PM

@zipper - are you saying that you seell these?

@omnicron10 - Well that should quell fears of image ghosting....

I am getting a quote from cables to go for the following cable:
Description: 2.0F VGA Flat Ribbon Cable / Specification: 2.0 F 10-pin Socket connector to 15-pin Female High Density D-Sub connector / Cable Length: 18 Inches

We'll see what they want for a pair of them...

zipper · 05-10-2010, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trip6

@zipper - are you saying that you seell these?

Nope, but made some for myself from the bits and pieces gathered during years.

**save2600** · 05-10-2010, 01:14 PM

for people using longer than "normal" non-shielded video signal cables, you can try wrapping 'em around a small beaded ferrite magnet. That usually helps with distortion and ghosting in these cases.