old strobe compatability

i tend to go through life finding things out the hard way

today's lesson is not to buy a second hand strobe of e-bay be four checking that it is in fact compatible with your new system

i have an ikelite ds125on an ikelite housing, i got an ikelite 100a, its a ttl strobe, just didn't know that the circuitry is different

is my only option to put it back on e-bay?

I think you can use it as a manual strobe and get full and 1/2 power settings, right? You may be able to put it on the "secondary" side of your cord (w/ the red band on the older Ike cords, not sure w/ the blue banded cords) and use it on 1/2 power as a fill strobe.

Perhaps Ike or Larry will comment.

Cheers

James