Anybody know what this DEc cable is for?

vrs vrs at msn.com
Tue Jun 21 17:22:06 CDT 2005


> <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/PDP-8%20cards/flip%20cable.jpg>   It has a
> male connector on one end and a female on the other. The cards are marked
> FLIP-CHIP.

Me :-)!  It looks like a flexible extender card, to me.  It would bring a
single height card out of the back-plane so you can probe/debug it.  Useful
for older gear built out of Mxxx flip-chips.

    Vince



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