Mark; Could you describe your design a bit more? E.g., 1) There are connectors at both ends of those cables; what are your socket provisions for the module end? 2) Do you use 0.1" 40-pin headers at both ends, or some other form of termination?
BTW, I'd be interested in some, as well, depending on design. JimT Sent from *my* galaxy (Nexus). On Aug 3, 2014 11:28 PM, "Mark Sims" <hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I just finished laying out a small circuit board for building an extender > cable for the Tek TM500 series mainfames / modules. Prototypes are off > being fab'd at OSHPARK. Should be here in a couple of weeks. It uses two > 39/40 pin ribbon cables (all the power pins use two wires)... e.g. > IDE/PATA disk drive cables. > I know LOTs of us have and use these venerable old workhorse machines. > They are well documented and easily maintained (particularly if you have > extender cables). Is there any interest in purchasing a kit of all parts > to build an extender cable. With a moderate amount of interest the price > looks like it would be around $20 per kit plus shipping (probably around > $6 for shipping in the US for as many that can be stuffed in a small > priority mail flat rate box... most serious TM500 users will want 2 cables > for the wide modules). Kit cables would be 18-19" long. TM500 extender > cables have been selling on Ebay for $150-$350! > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.