> It´s absolutely no problem to make a longer cable.
> Every store with electronic components should have ribbon
> cables and the connectors (16 pins each!).
> Soldering is not nesessary as you just have to put the cable
> between the two parts of the connector and press them
> together. (You´ll have to use a "little bit" of power to do
> it the right way. Good method: put the connector between a
> door and the door´s frame. Slam the door [I am not kidding!!]
> and the connector will be closed. I´ve done it that way and
> it´s working fine).
> Important: You´ll find a small arrow on the connector. That´s
> the place where the red stripe of the ribbon cable must be.
> Just have a look at a ribbon cable of your Doepfer.
>
> By the way: it´s not possible to open the old connector, you
> have to buy a new one, but they´re cheap.

Hi Paul/M.
Yep, I agree with all the above!

Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk) codes are:

XR73Q - Flat 16-way IDC cable
FG44X - 2x8 DIL IDC socket (2x8 = 16 way!) (not sure why they call it a 'socket', I would call it a plug!)

Cable is priced per 30cm (i.e. one foot), and for the 175 you'll need 2 of the sockets (other modules have a 2x8 at the busboard end, and a 2x5 at the module end, which is code JB59P, and then you'd have to peel off 6 of the wires from the ribbon cable!).

I would also recommend copying the orientation of the plugs on the cable from one of the Doepfer ones - this is probably the surest way of not getting it round the wrong way!

Tim

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