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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:21 pm
by mcapehart
Just wanted to share a story. Tonight I was putting my system into the new full tower case, and had great little LCD area all ready for my trusty Matrix-Orbital. Lo and behold, in the midst of my stupidness, I misplaced the stepdown power lead, and picked up a standard floppy adapter cable. You can imagine the hilarity that followed as the chips burst into flames.
I wanted an excuse to purchase a new blue LCD, now I have one.
And I am ordering extra power cables.
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 9:51 am
by Cheese
Easily done...
It's mo fault for using standard floppy connectors with different wirings
If it was a different plug no one would get it wrong, though I know the reason for mo's choice.
r.
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2002 5:50 am
by gordy_hand
I did the same thing the other day when changin cases. There was smoke coming out of the blow holes .
I just melted the serial cable , the lcd is fine thank christ. I really don't understand why normal floppy cable couldnt be used with a few wiring changes on the serial backpack ?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 9:14 pm
by zedgama3
I think the display's are designed for more comercial aplications. The power connector also contains the I2C connection which can be used in place of the serial connection. Also I2C allows for multiple LCD's. At least according to the
manual
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:29 am
by Henry
Yup...
PWR connector on displays
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 8:32 am
by Shawn Tartaglia
I would love to see a right angle connector for the power and rs232. Or even a molex locking connector.
If you are trying to fit the MO info a small case the connectors are not good for saving space. IMHO
Re: PWR connector on displays
Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 12:20 pm
by Pheonix
Shawn Tartaglia wrote:I would love to see a right angle connector for the power and rs232. Or even a molex locking connector.
If you are trying to fit the MO info a small case the connectors are not good for saving space. IMHO
USB?