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PrizLucky:
Ohh! using those 4-pin cables is a GENIOUS idea! 

Shreading and Stripping the IDE cable wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be (it was simple to do really). But there was a LOT of trial and error (lots of errors!) while picking the right wire to strip for the desired pin (apparently I'm not too good at counting LOL!  Using those 4-pin cables would make that job a WHOLE lot easier!
SteveJ34:

--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 18, 2005, 10:08:32 am ---are the wires thicker?

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The ones I found and used were close to 22g wire so I was able to crimp .187 disconnects directly to the wire.  They are a bit thicker than what you normally see on a sound cable.

The also had the wide 4-pin connector on each end so I was able to just cut them in half so I ended up with 8 wires for each I had.

These were for a couple of small projects...(2) single player desktop CPs and a YDKJ controller so I didn't need much wire length.



Stingray:

--- Quote from: SteveJ34 on April 18, 2005, 09:10:44 am ---I've used a no solder version Keywhiz and a couple of GP-Whiz's in recent projects.

Instead of using an IDE cable, I picked up a bunch of 4 pin CD sound cables from a local computer surplus store similar to:




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Brilliant!

-S
lokki:
Hi,
I purchased a round IDE cable ($5.00)
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