John Griessen on the Tek list also sells extenders for both the TM50x and the 7000 series of scopes. I have both sets from him. His are a little more expensive than $20 a kit, but he includes the pre-cut and twisted wires and the connectors.
Here's an image of his 7000 extender, soldered up: http://ecosensory.com/tek/TEK_7K_FLEX_assy-011-sm.jpg Mark No connection with John's business, just a happy customer. On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> 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! > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
