5 May
2019
5 May
'19
2:08 p.m.
>But plain old flat straight ribbon cable in a
10" length will do for the
2444; even at 6250, frequencies aren't much
higher than 1MH
Sounds like I might be ok. Except mine are 10 feet not inches! I guess I'll just have
to try them out.
Thanks everyone!
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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:00 PM
To: Dennis Boone via cctalk
Subject: Re: Fujitsi 2444AC 9-track tape drive/PDP-11
On 5/1/19 6:58 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
I got a great
pair of cables for this project. 50 conductor, 50 pin
IDC, 10 feet long.
So the minicomputer vendors in the 80s typically used twisted pair
ribbon for these things, as in the 1700/50 stuff Glen was talking
about. I don't know how long a cable would need to be for that to be
critical.