Dragon's Lair cables?

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I started putting my Dragon's Lair together last night and I realized I'm missing a couple of pieces.

Does anyone make the video cable and the cable that runs from the game board to the LD player (LD-V1000)?

The video cable looks like a pretty standard cable, I'm willing to bet I can find something that will work at either Radio Shack or Home Depot (maybe for the security cameras?)... but that control cable for the LD player? Where could I find something that will work for that?
 
That small centronics connector is hard to find... good luck with your search...

You'd think there'd be a lot of those cables kicking around from people who converted to pioneers....
 
That small centronics connector is hard to find... good luck with your search...

You'd think there'd be a lot of those cables kicking around from people who converted to pioneers....

You don't make them? Come on Mark, you're slipping. :p

Is there any way to hack something together? I mean does anyone sell both halves of the cables, connector wise? I don't really care how it looks, I just really need something that'll work.

If I can just find the connector for the LD player half, I'll friggin' put in header pins and rig something together if I have to.

I guess I'll do a post on DLP and see if anyone there has a real cable before I start hacking stuff though.
 
Until I find a real one... I'll probably just build something that'll work in the meantime.

It looks like half of the connections are reversed between the DIP socket and the centronics connector.

1-12 are swamped... so, can't just use a crimp connector for both ends, can I?

LD -> DIP

1 -> 12
2 -> 11
3 -> 10
4 -> 9
5 -> 8
6 -> 7
7 -> 6
8 -> 5
9 -> 4
10 -> 3
11 -> 2
12 -> 1
13 -> 13
14 -> 14
15 -> 15
etc.

So... I guess crimp at the socket, and solder cup at the centronics connector?

If pin 1 of the cable went to pin 1 of the socket, and pin 2 to pin 2, pin 3 to pin 3... etc etc, it'd be so much easier. Just swap the cable halfway down the line, but nothing I can do about that. Building an adapter board would just add to the cost because of parts.
 
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You don't make them? Come on Mark, you're slipping. :p

I've never been able to find the centronics connector at a price I was willing to pay.

I did find them once, but they came with only the front housing and not the back part that crimps on, so I hand soldered the ribbon cables to the IDC pins on the housing so I'd have a cable for myself, but that was a *MAJOR* PITA.
 
Until I find a real one... I'll probably just build something that'll work in the meantime.

It looks like half of the connections are reversed between the DIP socket and the centronics connector..

They're not reverseed... that's just how the pins are numbered on the DIP socket vs. the centronics connector.

If you can find IDCs for both, it's crimp and go.
 
That's weird... the little snippet I read was making such a big deal about the numbering.

Good to know... I'd've double checked everything before I started, but if I had ordered the solder cup connector instead of the crimp, just to find out I could've crimped them...? I'd've been hella pissed.

The connectors are a little expensive... the place I'm getting them from has them at about $5 each. It's not going to break me or anything... assuming I don't screw up.:D

Thanks again, Mark.
 
Do you have or know where I can see a picture of the cable/connector? I doubt i can help but am interested in seeing on. I have a bunch of junk in boxes....may help me ID something if an odd cable pops up over the winter when I'm sorting it all out.
 
I don't have, nor could I find, any pictures of one assembled. But it's basically a ribbon cable that has a 24 pin DIP socket connector on one end, and a 24 pin male centronics connector at the other.

CN24MC.jpg
 
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