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Sharp interface PC-3000 - hp41cx - 07-25-2015 01:20 AM
Anyone know what it is for?
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RE: Sharp interface PC-3000 - rprosperi - 07-25-2015 01:33 AM
(07-25-2015 01:20 AM)hp41cx Wrote: Anyone know what it is for?
From what I recall, looks like an interface cable to let you connect an IDE drive to the custom connector that attached on the back of the PC-3000 unit. Also, could be for a floppy connector.
RE: Sharp interface PC-3000 - Bill (Smithville NJ) - 07-26-2015 06:58 PM
(07-25-2015 01:33 AM)rprosperi Wrote: From what I recall, looks like an interface cable to let you connect an IDE drive to the custom connector that attached on the back of the PC-3000 unit. Also, could be for a floppy connector.
The cable has 34 wires, so that would make it a floppy connector.
A search of the WEB indicates that Sharp did make an external floppy drive for the PC-3000/3100, but I couldn't find any photos of it or the interface cable.
Okay, found it - The floppy drive was CE-301F. Following is link to some photos - but doesn't look like your cable:
CE-301F Floppy Drive
Bill
Smithville, NJ
RE: Sharp interface PC-3000 - rprosperi - 07-26-2015 10:15 PM
(07-26-2015 06:58 PM)Bill (Smithville NJ) Wrote:(07-25-2015 01:33 AM)rprosperi Wrote: From what I recall, looks like an interface cable to let you connect an IDE drive to the custom connector that attached on the back of the PC-3000 unit. Also, could be for a floppy connector.
The cable has 34 wires, so that would make it a floppy connector.
A search of the WEB indicates that Sharp did make an external floppy drive for the PC-3000/3100, but I couldn't find any photos of it or the interface cable.
Okay, found it - The floppy drive was CE-301F. Following is link to some photos - but doesn't look like your cable:
CE-301F Floppy Drive
Bill
Smithville, NJ
This looks like it may have been an early Eng. prototype to validate the special new connector on the PC-3000 itslef, using an off the shelf drive. Production then switched to the pretty one in Bill's photos.
I was at Sharp at the time, but not in the PC group. Oddly, seeing the part number CE-301F actually brought pangs of "...yeah, that sounds familiar..."