23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
4:10 p.m.
On Thursday 22 November 2007 18:15, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
And I wish I could still buy the raw 'rainbow' cable. Maplin (who used to
sell it by the foot) have stopped doing it, and I really can't afford a
30m rell from the likes of RS components. Certainly not in all thw widths
I would use.
It's not so importiant when both ends are IDC connectors, but when you
want to split up the cable and solder the wires individually to connector
pins, switches, etc, having the 'rainbow' stuff sure saves a lot of
counting mistakes.
-tony
My eight-year-old self was particularly impressed
with the coloured rib=
bon
cables ;-)=20
I still like those, and wish they weren't so darned expensive by compari=
son=20
with the gray ones... :-)