>Looking for female part though with long enough pins so >a ribbon cable connector fits on the solder side. >preferably a 2*5 of something that can be cut/broken to size. What you are really looking for is a wirewrap version of the female connector. These will be getting real rare these days, as the fixed female connector was never very plentiful anyway, and the wirewrap versions have almost gone by the wayside. The reason you need the wirewrap version is to have the long pins to put through the PCB to plug the other ribbon cable connector onto. Another way to do what you require may be to use single in line pins designed for "brew your own spacing" IC sockets. Get wirewrap versions of these and cut them to length, with a second dose for the other row. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.