On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Ben Sinclair <b...@bensinclair.com> wrote: > Thanks! I did find someone who has the bc80m cable available, which I > believe is a ribbon type of connector with a ground strap on one end, > then a round cable to the berg connector for the back of the RL02. I > think it's the cable pictured here: > http://www.cosam.org/computers/dec/pdp11-23/20080403.html
Yes. That's a BC80M, but it's not a ribbon cable on the controller end, it's the splayed end of the round cable (12 pair + 1, IIRC) with crimped gold pins and a 44 position Berg connector. You can use those if you don't have a cab kit (which is really just a bracket for the rack, a 40-pin ribbon cable, and one of those odd ZIF connectors like on the back of the drive to transition from flat cable to round cable) but then you'll need a drive-to-drive RL cable. > The RLV11 and RLV12 seem hard to find, at least on eBay It's been a long time since these were easy to find. -ethan