Date   : Fri, 01 Nov 2002 08:35:37 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: BBC motherboard from a PC power supply

In article <10210240814.ZM9390@...>, Pete
Turnbull <pete@...> writes

[keyboard cables]

>Not very long.  The old Viglen separate keyboard/box setup managed about 2
>feet.

That was a curly cable though - how long was it stretched out?

I tried a 2 metre disk drive ribbon cable on a Beeb keyboard once.  The
34-way connector simply plugs onto the Molex pins at both ends
(obviously, you're only using half of the 34 ways.)  The Beeb and
keyboard worked fine.

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