Date   : Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:15:40 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Master keyboard cables

In article <48A5C695.40303@...>, Andy Ford <acorn@...>
writes

>I was thinking of just using a small length of old ide / floppy cable 
>for this (and just removing the un-needed strands from the ribbon) and 
>changing the other side too (as that's very weak by the looks of it so I 
>might as well do that half too)

That's what I used to do, using spare Archimedes A3xx series floppy
cables which are the right length.  The 34-way IDC connectors fit onto
the existing motherboard pins and you can either solder the wires to the
keyboard PCB or fit a right-angle header, something like
http://rswww.com part number 531-958, to plug the other end of the cable
into.

Of course, as  you say, only every other wire in the cable is used.

A much better solution than the flimsy Acorn cables.

>Or is there a better alternative for this that I might of overlooked ? , 
                                                        ^^
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