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!
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