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NoBullMAME:
I haven't had any trouble finding an IDE cable without a blocked pin. Sometimes you can remove the little piece of plastic that blocks the pin by using a needle (there's multiple grounds on the minipac, so even if the pin isn't wired, you just need to use a different pin for ground).
Also, most of the cables I've seen with blocked pins, the pin is in the middle, not key. If so, that pin isn't used on the mini-pac.
See photo: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqJ,!iYE1MHyVsZsBNZkDh3Ps!~~0_3.JPG

I brought 100 cables off ebay a while back, so it's possible that it's harder to find one without any blocked pins, but like I say, it's usually not key that's blocked, and so shouldn't be an issue.

I find the mini-pac much easier to wire. If you are only building 1 cabinet, then it's not as much of an advantage. However, I find even if you just plan on building one, you'll end up building more; either for yourself or for friends.

dextercf:

What about the pins for J1, J2, etc.. What kinda harness/cable is most commen to use on those?

The other side I got a harness with my order, so thats settled!

BobA:
If you look at ultimarc's cable for the minipac it looks like they use a 40 ribbon cable to connect all the pins from J1 to J4.  As NoBullMAME said you can always remove a key if it is the wrong place.  The missing pins just seem to separate the groups and the adjacent pin is not connected except for pin 2 so you could also use separate 10 pin ribbon cables if there is space for the connectors to slide in beside each other.  40 pin would be alot easier.

NoBullMAME:

--- Quote from: dextercf on March 01, 2011, 04:37:27 pm ---What about the pins for J1, J2, etc.. What kinda harness/cable is most commen to use on those?

The other side I got a harness with my order, so thats settled!

--- End quote ---
I just dig around my stack of old PC's and dig out an old IDE cable. If not, think of any uber-geek friends you might have. A lot if guys have replaced their flat ribbon cables with round ones, so there's a good chance you can find someone with an extra one.

dextercf:


I was wrong about what I said last night!
The harness I have got is for the J1-J4 side of the board..
btw, the harness only has 8 cables for each "cluster", plus the ground one left-most in the picture.


But then the question is, what kinda connector could fit the other side?

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