[Ti] Excess cable with powerbook mounted iSight?

Robert Nicholson robert at elastica.com
Sun Jan 9 08:36:35 PST 2005


Yeah I have an external firewire drive in an OWC enclosure and the 
cable that came with that is perfect length
but it doesn't have the slimline connectors so it's incompatible with 
the mounting bracket.

On Jan 7, 2005, at 9:28 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:
>
>> I keep it spooled up in the plastic retaining "clip" that it came in.
>
> The thing is, the 1.8 meter cable on the iSight might be handy if you 
> have a desktop that's buried under the desk someplace, but for use on 
> a PowerBook they should offer a shorter (like a 1.5') cable.  The 
> Firewire cable provided with iSight has a slim-profile connector to 
> fit inside the small plastic clip-together mount and most replacement 
> cables won't work without alteration.  It's no big deal to shorten it 
> if the excess cable is a problem.  Any electronics repair technician 
> that knows how to use a soldering pencil can do it.  I shortened mine 
> when I got it.
>
> You can also use a Zip Linq ( 
> http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=155986 ) which is 
> handy to have for a PowerBook anyway.
> --
> Chris
>
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