Thanks everyone for responding. Single drive is all I'd need it for.
No twist in the cable. I'm in Toronto beside the CN Tower. I didn't
buy WoC tickets, but I'd like to attend this year.
I have a set of cables that are 2-3 inches long. I used a specialized
device to make an image of a drive last night and backed it up onto a
modern computer. It worked perfectly.
https://www.pdp8.net/mfm/mfm.shtml
I'd like to buy a separate set of longer cables to use with the imaging
device with other drives in the future. The short ones are going back
into a computer.
Thanks,
Ryan
On 2017-11-26 02:53 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
If no one else steps up I could dig through my boxes o' stuff.
How long, single or two drive, and with or without the IBM 'twist' ?
@ Ryan: where are you, or could you pick up at WoC?
m
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*From:* Josh Bensadon <mailto:jbensadon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, November 26, 2017 12:52 PM
*Subject:* [torontocbm] Re: MFM ribbon cable
Hi Ryan,
If you do find some, I would like to also buy 2 sets.
It's funny, I used to have lots of these cables... but they've all
gone away.
If you can't find any, then perhaps we can buy the parts from
Digikey and make our own?
I have the crimping tool for the IDC ends.
Maybe A1 Electronics might have these cables?
Josh
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(Personal) <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, November 26, 2017 11:22 AM
*To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [torontocbm] MFM ribbon cable
Does anyone have the two ribbon cables needed to connect an MFM hard
drive to a controller that I can buy?
If I'm wrong to ask on this mailing list, please let me know for future
reference.
Thanks,
Ryan
