I've got a couple of cables with the heads broken off the strain relief
screws. I guess one of these days I'll have to replicate them.. Would you do
that in stainless or in (after=the-fact) blued 4320, Tony?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: GPIB cables (was Re: Screwed Again! Property dispo stuff...)
> > > Well, a very kind soul has informed me that this cable is a quasi
> > > rare item used to connect peripherals to Commodore PET systems, and
> > > apparently that they are worth a bit of money ($50-80).
> >
> > I would dispute the quasi-rare label. You can still buy as many as
>
> There are 2 types of Commodore GPIB cable. The PETs didn't have the
> conventional 24 pin Blue Ribbon connector, they had a card edge (OK, the
> 8032SK is the exception, it does have the Blue Ribbon connector). The
> peripherals all have the Blue Ribbon connector.
>
> So you need a specical cable -- edge connector to Blue Ribbon male/female
> thingy to link the first peripheral to the PET. And then conventional
> GPIB cables (Blue Ribbon male/femaly thingies on each end) to link the
> other peripherals up.
>
> The 'conventional GPIB' cables are AFAIK still being made. I still see
> new test equipment with that interface, so I assume somebody is still
> making cables for it.
>
> The special 'first cable' is not that easy to find. I needed one for my
> P500, and I ended up having to make an adapter with an edge connector on
> one end and a 24 pin Blue Ribbon socket [1] on the other. I can then link
> normal GPIB cables up to that.
>
> [1] Have you tried getting the screwdown posts for GPIB sockets? Nobody
> seems to sell them. After a lot of looking, I ended up buyingf some
> stainless steel rod and an M3.5 tap....
>
> -tony
>
>
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