On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Al Kossow <[email protected]> wrote: > I need some of these for making Diablo disk drive cables. Mouser/Digikey, > etc. have a > minimum buy of 500 (at $9 ea). > > Picture at http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/140452P/ts0005-pcb-connector.jpg > > Anyone see any at any surplus places? Online searches are pretty much useless > because > of the extremely common 40 pin male IDC plug, and my searches in the valley > have come > up empty.
Farnell _used_ to sell them, but now claim 'no longer manufactured' :-( When I needed one years ago (and RS/Farnell didn't take private orders), I ended up separating the ribbon cable into individual wires and soldering each one into the right PCB hole... -tony
