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Re: Need Ribbon

From: Don Papp <>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:12:02 -0700 (MST)

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Zachariah C Pratt wrote:

> Does anyone know of a site that sells connector ribbons for pc/104 boards
> (40 pin and 64 pin).  I'm looking to connect two pc104 boards together
> without stacking.
> I'm getting lazy, I don't feel like doing it myself anymore.

	It's easy to connect the 8-bit bus, but not so easy to do the
16-bit.

	For the 8-bit bus you just need a length of 64 conductor ribbon
cable (not sure of size offhand but it's the same as for an IDE or
older SCSI cable) and two matching socket ends.

	To connect the full 16-bit bus you need another connector (this
one 34 conductor I think) to connect the other section of pins.  However,
physically it's a little tough to get to fit since you need to somehow get
one flat cable to go "through" the other to get to the adjacent connector.

	It's a little hard to describe, but if you try it you'll
immediately see what I mean.  

	I think you may be able to work something by separating the
conductors of the two ribbons and interweaving them somehow, but have not
tried it.

Don Papp
http://aeinnovations.com

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