My turn for a rant...actually, two short rants. I program small to mid-sized projects exclusively in assembler.

1. When ZDS II can't find a label...any label...in any portion of the code, it bails with "Internal error encountered, contact Technical Support" and leaves it to the user to try to figure out what's missing. This bug is VERY annoying and wastes lots of time. What the heck...even my old (circa-1982) DOS cross-assembler listed the names of any labels it couldn't resolve!

2. Anyone know where to get a replacement ribbon cable for the USB Smart Cable assembly? It is, of course, the first thing to wear out, and doesn't seem to be available without buying another complete Smart Cable. The number on the cable is 93C0067-0003G and a Google search reveals nothing of use. Assman does make the 6/c IDC header, but no one I've found in the US seems to stock it.

End of rant.

Don

for the cable . . if parts are hard to come by, I'm always able to carefully disassemble the connector, trim the wire back and refasten it carefully with pliers first then clip on the retainer

one more idea, you can trim the cable from an old Hard Drive ribbon cable down to 6 strands for a longer cable length too.

Thanks for the suggestion, mine is getting pretty intermittent.

digi-key 8000 connectors in stock $1 each


search.digikey.com/us/en/products/71600-.../609-2841-ND/1302571

Fantastic, tried Tyco, 3M, and Assmann, but never thought of FCI! Thank you very much, Bill!