It is getting hard to find ribbon cable with connectors already
installed. If you don't turn anything up, consider buying the cable
and connectors separately, and mounting them yourself.
It sounds daunting, but if you have a vise with good flat jaws, you
can carefully place the ribbon between the two halves of the
connector, and place a shim of the correct size between the pins to
protect them from the jaws. Squeeze gently until the connector halves
snap together. Check your results with a multimeter to make sure the
cable doesn't have shorts on adjacent conductors. If so, cut the end
off, pry the connector apart and try again. It's all in the initial
placement of the ribbon into the connector.
Not fun, but not impossible either. It's a useful technique to
cultivate.
Moe
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the best thing might be to employ a ribbon cable to connect 2 pairs
of DIP sockets, both wide bodies (.600) one being 24 pins the other
40. So far I have only been able to find 3M that make ribbon cables
with DIP connector sockets on the end. That would be fine but no one
seems to have them.
Any suggestions on where to look? Other manufactures?
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