Rounded floppy cables

[taunusand]

motorollin wrote:
Are the wires inside a ribbon cable numbered consecutively? IOW can I just count from wire 1 to wire 10, then count from there to wire 16 to find the wires I have to reverse?

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moto

Yep, I would also like to know that :-)

[orange]

yes, they are (if you look at opened connector); its easy to see which ones need reversing by comparing colours on both ends, in case you got fancy UV cable like me  :-)  
otherwise just use ohmmeter..

[taunusand]

Thanks  :-D

I would cut the wires and the solder them.

I think I would break the connector if I try to open it :roll:

[motorollin]

taunusand wrote:
I would cut the wires and the solder them.

I think I would break the connector if I try to open it :roll:

That's what I did. Then I accidentally stripped some of the insulation from one of the wires while trying to remove some sticky backing which is supposed to keep it in place. Then it wouldn't go back in to the crimp connector properly. Then I lost my temper and threw it away :roll:

I'm trying to find a source for 34 way male IDC connectors to crimp on to a PC floppy cable to make a little adapter.

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moto