I might be interested. Have you thought about making extensions for the smaller connector used to distribute GPIB in the 5000 series?
> On Aug 4, 2014, at 0:26, Mark Sims <hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I just finished laying out a small circuit board for building an extender > cable for the Tek TM500 series mainfames / modules. Prototypes are off being > fab'd at OSHPARK. Should be here in a couple of weeks. It uses two 39/40 > pin ribbon cables (all the power pins use two wires)... e.g. IDE/PATA disk > drive cables. > I know LOTs of us have and use these venerable old workhorse machines. They > are well documented and easily maintained (particularly if you have extender > cables). Is there any interest in purchasing a kit of all parts to build an > extender cable. With a moderate amount of interest the price looks like it > would be around $20 per kit plus shipping (probably around $6 for shipping in > the US for as many that can be stuffed in a small priority mail flat rate > box... most serious TM500 users will want 2 cables for the wide modules). > Kit cables would be 18-19" long. TM500 extender cables have been selling on > Ebay for $150-$350! > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
