Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!tadpole.com!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!CC.UMontreal.CA!aster!southiea From: southiea@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Southiere Alain) Subject: Re: GUS + plextor = grand canyon (HELP!) Message-ID: Sender: news@cc.umontreal.ca (Administration de Cnews) Organization: Universite de Montreal X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 05:42:16 GMT Lines: 36 Xref: cdrom.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:4099 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech:1089 In article , allan p. kramer (akramer@craycos.com) wrote: : i bought a computer with a texel/plextor internal drive. i then bought a : gus : soundcard. i now have no way to connect them together (via audio cable). : WHAT GIVES ?!?!?! : i can only find cables that EITHER fit the cdrom drive OR the soundcard, : but everywhere i check (and the 3 that i was told would work, then bought, : then found out that they don't work) says there is no such animal. does : anyone have a solution, FOR THE EQUIPMENT I HAVE (i.e. suggestions that i : should have bought a soundblaster will not be taken as helpful). There's at least a local store here (Montreal, Canada) that can get these cables. Thing is, you have to specify what's on each end of the cable. They order it from some place in the US, I don't know where. So these cable really exists, you just have to find a place that can get them. I'd suggest some professional computer store, a place where enterprises do business. Their prices are usually higher, but they have more specialized suppliers. Another thing you could do is make the cable yourself. A friend gave a cable that had the right connectors for my Plextor CD-ROM and SB-PRO, but with a wrong wire setup. The right setup is in the CD-ROM and soundcard manuals, so you just have to 'patch' the cable to your needs, if the connectors are OK. BTW, as much as I tried, I couldn't get these connectors in any electronic stores, so they seems to be highly specialized. -- Alain Southiere, B.Sc. | You can't always get what you want, southiea@jsp.umontreal.ca | But if you try sometimes, ------------------------------------| You might find you get what you need ! OS/2 2.11 Operate at a higher level | -The Rolling Stones