Shoot me if I'm wrong, but couldn't a DMM tell you this? Also, if you don't
already know, even numbered pins are on top, and odd numbers are on the
bottom. Or maybe I didn't understand the question?

Hope MAYBE I've helped,

Tim Hamel


In a message dated 7/8/99 1:55:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
don@DONTRONICS.COM writes:

> an [OT] subject, but eventually will be on topic. (dt106.html 87x
>  programmer and emulator)
>
>  You get a strip of 40 wire .05" flat ribbon cable and you crimp a 40 pin
>  (2 by 20) IDC female header to one end, and a 40 pin male .6" header,
>  the type that fits into a 40 pin socket, the other end.
>
>  (I hope I explained that in a reasonable fashion)
>
>  The question:
>  Will pin 1 of each 40 pin crimped connector match up with each other, or
>  will they do a pin 1 to 2 reversal?
>
>  My sources say they do a reversal, my own research tells me the ones I
>  have access to, do a reversal as well.
>
>  Are there types that match up, or should I make it a reversal?
>
>  Sorry if this ends up as a "me too" quiz show, but I really would like
>  to know. :-)
>