Make your own floppy cables #retrocomputing #repair #electronics
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In this video i teach you exactly what you need and how to create your very own custom and brand new floppy cables using IDC Connectors, crimping pliers and ribbon cable. Can be used on everything from classical dos on IBM Combatible computers to Commodore or Amiga and real vintage systems or mainframes, everywhere where you see a ribbon cable, this might come handy.
IDC is short for Insulation displacement Connector and has been used for floppydrives since 1971, but also for other components such as MFM and IDE harddrives, motherboard interconnects and a lot of other similair application.
0:00 Intro
1:34 Tools and materials
2:00 A new floppy cable for Rosetta
3:03 To the bench! Cutting the cable
4:45 Mouting the un-twisted connector
6:40 Mouting the twisted connector
11:41 Testing the new floppy cable
12:06 Blockout and outro
Rosetta project playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVgXNPL95s&list=PLhMOlGA4hPs1R8TRI51NVyM2D9u1Lw_F_
This currently is _not_ affiliate links: (might change in the future)
Ribbon cable for IDC Sockets, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32812709002.html
Crimping tool for IDC Terminals, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003410452931.html
IDC Card Edge Connectors, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33035971298.html
IDC Pin Header Connector, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003485378720.html