You might search for "ribbon cable assembly" on Digikey. I thought they did custom assemblies, apparently not but they have a lot of them in stock. 34 positions, varying lengths from 2 to 36 inches, just to mention one example I looked for. paul

Last time I needed them, a dozen sellers on ebay had the right cable kits for MFM drives. Cost was like $10 each with shipping (since they were old), but it was fast and easy... The time before I bought the parts, used a vice, had to redo one cable twice for silly reasons, and though the cost was about the same, I spent an extra hour on the process. Warner On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote:

So true. We all rememember when people were throwing away their extra cables. BUT, while looking on eBay for them, consider that it might be as cheap to buy a purportedly good 225 or 251 drive that comes with cables. On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com > Warner, > > Thank you for your advice.  Unfortunately the only cables I could find on > eBay were $20 each, which I thought was a bit expensive. > > I thought I would see what I could find in this group and maybe keep some > cables out of the landfill. > > On 11/21/2025 11:28 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: >> Last time I needed them, a dozen sellers on ebay had the right cable kits >> for MFM drives. Cost was like $10 each with shipping (since they were old), >> but it was fast and easy... The time before I bought the parts, used a >> vice, had to redo one cable twice for silly reasons, and though the cost >> was about the same, I spent an extra hour on the process. >> >> Warner >> >> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < >> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> For that matter, since the connectors are insulation displacement type, >>> you can assemble your own: buy the connectors and a length of table, cut >>> pieces to size, and assemble the connectors onto the cable. A press is >>> normally used for that, but a vise should do the job too. >>> >>> paul >>> >>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < >>> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: >>>> General comment on cables like that: in the past I have obtained flat >>> ribbon cable assemblies from Digikey. If you're dealing with a cable >>> that's simply a ribbon of width N and a connector at each end, companies >>> like that can supply them easily and cheaply, in any length you want. >>>> paul >>>> >>>>> On Nov 20, 2025, at 9:40 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk < >>> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: >>>>> Does anyone out there have a spare 1/2 high 5 1/4" Seagate MFM hard >>> drive face plate (ST-221, ST-251, etc.) that they can let go cheap? >>>>> And also a 34 conductor dual drive cable and a single 20 on single >>> drive cable? >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Contact me off list at bitwiz(a)12bitsbest.com

Mike, Which connectors is it you need? -Peter On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM Mike Katz via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote:

Bill, The cost of the connectors would be about $35 total.   I have the wire and tool. My goal was to see if someone had some space that I might be able to save from the landfill. thank you... On 11/21/2025 11:56 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: