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Slothie · 12th Dec 2018, 12:37 am

It is possible to carefully dismantle and remove the IDC connectors on a ribbon cable and re-connect them closer together if you use a small vice to re-pierce the insulation. I've done it to repair a cable when I've needed to "in extremis" (i.e. at 2am when you need it working in the morning and you can't find any spares). I think I broke one of the plastic clips by being clumsy, but it was nothing a bit of hot glue couldn't fix!

12th Dec 2018, 12:37 am	#7
Slothie Octode Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 1,287	Re: MK14 programming interface - MK2 It is possible to carefully dismantle and remove the IDC connectors on a ribbon cable and re-connect them closer together if you use a small vice to re-pierce the insulation. I've done it to repair a cable when I've needed to "in extremis" (i.e. at 2am when you need it working in the morning and you can't find any spares). I think I broke one of the plastic clips by being clumsy, but it was nothing a bit of hot glue couldn't fix!