DEC Rainbows ...

From: Carl Lowenstein <cdl_at_proxima.ucsd.edu>
Date: Mon Feb 18 12:57:23 2002

> From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 03:06:06 -0600
> Subject: Re: DEC Rainbows ...
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0202161252510.91051-100000_at_crash.cts.com>
>
> How would you do that ? I waited about 2 years before I finally found a
> BCC02 to connect my mono 'bow to my VR201. To build one with ribbon
> cable using the 15-pin plugs would be a lot of fiddly soldering. There's 8
> leads on each end to solder. For color to make a BCC03 that would be 12 on
> each end.

Crimp-on IDC. (Insulation Displacement Connector).
Just slide the flat cable into the connector and squeeze it all together.
Repeat for the other end, being sure that you have the orientation correct,
pin 1 to pin 1 etc.

    carl
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        carl lowenstein   marine physical lab   u.c. san diego
                                          clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 12:57:23 GMT

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