GPIB cables (was Re: Screwed Again! Property dispo stuff...)

I've got a couple of cables with the heads broken off the strain relief screws. I guess one of these days I'll have to replicate them.. Would you do that in stainless or in (after=the-fact) blued 4320, Tony? Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: GPIB cables (was Re: Screwed Again! Property dispo stuff...) > > > Well, a very kind soul has informed me that this cable is a quasi > > > rare item used to connect peripherals to Commodore PET systems, and > > > apparently that they are worth a bit of money ($50-80). > > > > I would dispute the quasi-rare label. You can still buy as many as > > There are 2 types of Commodore GPIB cable. The PETs didn't have the > conventional 24 pin Blue Ribbon connector, they had a card edge (OK, the > 8032SK is the exception, it does have the Blue Ribbon connector). The > peripherals all have the Blue Ribbon connector. > > So you need a specical cable -- edge connector to Blue Ribbon male/female > thingy to link the first peripheral to the PET. And then conventional > GPIB cables (Blue Ribbon male/femaly thingies on each end) to link the > other peripherals up. > > The 'conventional GPIB' cables are AFAIK still being made. I still see > new test equipment with that interface, so I assume somebody is still > making cables for it. > > The special 'first cable' is not that easy to find. I needed one for my > P500, and I ended up having to make an adapter with an edge connector on > one end and a 24 pin Blue Ribbon socket [1] on the other. I can then link > normal GPIB cables up to that. > > [1] Have you tried getting the screwdown posts for GPIB sockets? Nobody > seems to sell them. After a lot of looking, I ended up buyingf some > stainless steel rod and an M3.5 tap.... > > -tony > >