1771 floppy controller questions

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu Nov 22 05:18:09 2001

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
> >
> > The ribbon in both computers was in somewhat bad shape. I was planning to
> > replace it with either a similar cable, or an IDC cable, as you suggested.
> > My model 1's keyboard cable had the same problem, and I replaced it with a
> > short bit of ribbon cable soldered directly to the boards. I'm planning to
> > replace that again with something better the next time I work on it.
>
<snip>
> I thought of this bacause ribbon cable soldered to PCB's always seemed
> to me to be a source of trouble. I had keyboards connected with
> soldered ribbon for some time and it seems to me that I was frequently
> restripping and resoldering, while those attached with connectors
> occasionally required that I check that the connectors were securely
> plugged, but nothing else.

This is the exact problem I want to avoid with my model 1. I've considered
using crimp on pins on each wire of the ribbon cable, since they would
provide some strain relief for the individual wires.

-Toth
Received on Thu Nov 22 2001 - 05:18:09 GMT