27 Feb
2004
27 Feb
'04
6:11 p.m.
Jay> I
once ran across an article stating the "expected life" of IDC
Jay> ribbon cable connections. It was suprisingly low, like 64
Jay> connect/disconnect lifespan.
That's about 63 more than I would expect. Those things really are
not
meant to be reused.
Jay is not talking about fitting the ribbon cable to the connector, but
to connecting/disconnecting it to its mating connector. Class 3