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| OldSchool79:
I'm considering wiring up a cabinet's control panel using multicore cable with 25 wires, and 25 pin D connectors. Has anyone had success with this, and are there any reasons why I shouldn't do it this way? EDIT: It's to an IPAC btw. |
| Chris:
I do this. I took a 25-pin extension cable and cut it in half, so the color coding on both ends would match. Make sure you use an extension cable; a serial- or parallel-specific cable may not have all 25 pins connected. |
| OldSchool79:
Good idea, I'm thinking of buying just plain 25 core cable by the metre, but I shudder at the thought of soldering 25 pin connectors. I've done it before for other projects, it takes hours :( |
| NoOne=NBA=:
I whacked a SCSI cable in half, and used it on my AKI. I had the female part off of an old SCSI card to use at the AKI end of it though. That got me two cables from one. |
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