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I'm wondering if a simpler solution would be a short 13 pin din male to 13 pin din female cable that does the swapping around to allow for a standard cable to plug into that.

Can do the same on the floppy port and just leave them plugged in ready to accept a standard floppy/video cable without messing with the board?
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Forgottenmyname wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:53 pm I'm just waiting for the unf*ck section on the Exxos store :D
I don't think there will be, for a lot of people its not worth the postage from UK to USA, in particular as I order small stuff from USA to UK, shipping back to USA would take like 2 months round trip.

As for unf*ck, the "bad word" filter isn't turned on :)
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PeteW wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:37 pm I'm wondering if a simpler solution would be a short 13 pin din male to 13 pin din female cable that does the swapping around to allow for a standard cable to plug into that.

Can do the same on the floppy port and just leave them plugged in ready to accept a standard floppy/video cable without messing with the board?
If you find that easier then for sure go with that :)
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exxos wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:39 pm If you find that easier then for sure go with that :)
Even easier is to watch from a safe distance and just make stupid suggestions 😀 I'll go with that!
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Finally got the boarding on after a lot of messing around. Those pins are soooo annoying to get into the holes.

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Now to un-f*ck my cable to test
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So what sort of height does the spacer need to be?
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
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Forgottenmyname wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:11 pm So what sort of height does the spacer need to be?
The space for mine is 11mm which gives enough clearance from the RGB Buffer components. I did cut down the legs so it could of been up to 15mm.

EDIT: you could go down to 10mm so it between 10 - 15mm
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Yes, I'd love to solder the video connector on but the thought of unsoldering it makes me cringe.. :stickwhack: :stickwhack: :stickwhack: So I believe I'll wait for the Un-F*ck boards I ordered. :dizzy: :dizzy: I really HATE waiting.. :mad:
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PaulJ wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:40 pm Yes, I'd love to solder the video connector on but the thought of unsoldering it makes me cringe.. :stickwhack: :stickwhack: :stickwhack: So I believe I'll wait for the Un-F*ck boards I ordered. :dizzy: :dizzy: I really HATE waiting.. :mad:
I would recommend waiting. It will save messing around with cables and also stop you plugging the wrong ones in.
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On more adjustment today to clean up using the 32.084988 MHz crystal.

I had it with wires stuck into the socket for the crystal which was a bit of a mess hanging in mid air.

Created a DIL adaptor with a bit of wiring to wire down to the smaller socket.

Plus a little heat gun action to keep it in one block so I can easily plug in and out.

Had to lie the R915 flat out of the way.

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