Re: gEDA-user: Announcement : gTAG schematics released

[Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>]

> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Andrew M. Dyer wrote:
>
> > 5) you might consider making the connectors into two-row versions to
> > allow for ribbon cables.

I figured out what he meant: a standard 4x2 header would match up to
a common sort of (female) flat cable connector. We use these all the
time. You know what I mean. Those flat cables we software types are
always asking the technicians to crimp for us?-)

You can also get proper sockets for these connectors, allowing you
to make properly keyed connectors.
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