On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 11:33 AM Greg Baumgratz <voyager@galaxian.com> wrote:
Happy New Year to all!
There's not much in my TTL archive about this, and varying opinions/options upon web searches but I wanted to see what the current thought are on this topic? I have a Z80 pod that works depending on how you position the pod/cable. If it's working you can twist the cable slightly at the pod and it will stop working. I have pulled it apart and did notice that the upper level ground foil did split and I bridged this will wire/solder. Still seems to be doing failing. The 40 pin dip side seems fine - any options? Has anyone re-terminated the pod side? Any replacements available? I see some pages reference just using a 40 pin flat cable - has anyone tried this and if so what are your experiences?
I have a few NOS z80 cables but I'm not really interested in selling. Sorry. I don't know where else you'd source NOS replacements. Long ago Paul Swan made an adapter PCB. Info on KLOV IIRC but like other efforts used normal 0.100 header pins, which is a bad idea IMO as they will damage the UUT socket. If I was making one I'd use the Aries headers: https://media.digikey.com/photos/Aries/20-600-10.jpg They sell them in fork (pictured) and leg. I always figured you could wire one up to exactly reproduce the dual/grounded cable Fluke cable and then pot the top of the Aries socket Work for sure but I suspect there was a fair amount of manual labor that went into the original Fluke cables. Good luck! Tony _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/