[Techtoolslist] Anyone have a dead Fluke 8080 pod?

[Tony Jones]

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:32 PM, John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:
> On 05/17/2016 12:29 PM, Tony Jones wrote:
>>
>> Hi Art.
>>
>> If you cannot find one, you can always roll your own (albeit
>> unshielded) using some ribbon cable and one of these:
>> http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/104097.pdf
>>
>> best
>>
>> Tony
>
>
> I'm not so sure - there is something going on in the 40-pin DIP header on
> those cables as they have different numbers depending on the POD. I suspect
> grounds are what is varied, but never tested that supposition...
>
> http://flippers.com/fluke.html
>
> Note the different part numbers for the UUT cables at the bottom of the
> page...

Hi John.   I'm aware of the above.   Trust me, people have used the
above Jameco part to make a replacement unshielded cable.  The
shielded cables are a totally different beast,  you can still do it
but it is a lot more complex as you have twice as many wires so you
have to fit a ground bar inside the DIP plug header.

I'm curious to know if anyone makes a 64pin DIP plug,  Jameco does
not.  I have a 68000 cable I would like to repair.   The only option I
know of right now is to fab up a 64 pin version of Paul Swan's pcb.

best

Tony