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#Mitsumi & Panasonic

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#51392From: Donald D'EgidioJun 25, 1993 6:49 PM
Charles Offhand I don't think it can be done. I just received a Sound Galaxy NX 16 Pro and their manual shows the CDROM connector diagram for both drives. The Mitsumi has 16 active lines and 20 ground lines and 4 no connection while the Panasonic has 19 active lines and 21 ground lines. I was hoping I could make an adapter cable to connect a Mitsumi to a Sound Blaster Pro but I guess not.
#51493From: Charles A. MilhansJun 27, 1993 10:01 AM
Don, Thanks for the information. I misunderstood your message about the Mitsumi and card. I realize now you were talking about interfacing the audio from the Mitsumi drive to the sound card. I looked at the pin out of the Panasonic interface ofn the sound card and the interface pin out from the Mitsumi and they appear incompatible. Thanks again for your help. Charlie
#51640From: Donald D'EgidioJun 28, 1993 9:28 PM
Charlie I was talking about connecting the cdrom itself to the SBPro to eliminate the Mitsumi interface. The Mitsumi audio connector will plug directly into the SBPro board however the wires on the audio connector should be reversed for each audio channel.
#51724From: Howard PinkusJun 29, 1993 7:09 PM
Donald, PMFJI, I purchased a SG NX 16 too to interface with my Mitsumi. This completely trashed my Windows settings on Install. In fact it only half loaded Disks #1/#2. After this my Windows kept falling over with not enough file handles. Win/s just about started, but was extremely flaky! The interface to the Mitsumi just hung my machine before the POST set up! I returned the card, after many phone calls and jumper/card/irq changes, to the supplier, with my PC. They tried to install on their machine but the same thing happened with fresh software! IMHO this card just does not WORK. I hope it works for you. They refunded me the difference on a SB PRO. Whilst I cannot interface with the Mitsumi, the original intention, at least SB cards always work. Good luck, Howard.