I've been struggling to get an SD-card Floppy Emulator working with my HP 54624A scope. Using the HxC emulator on a Lotharek board (nice solution to replace old 1.44 FDDs, I have got a few working well). The swap did not go smoothly (odd ZIF connector pinout on the TEAC FDD) and then I struck another problem, maybe the experts here can advise:
The emulator is working if I use the original HP flat ribbon - marked AWM 2896 80C VW-1. But the original is 150mm - too short to fit the emulator into the front panel!
So order from China and get some 200mm long and marked AWM 20624 80C 60V VW-1. Ribbon is thinner, traces are narrower but pitch is same and cable is physically compatible.
However, the emulator does not work, powers up OK but does not respond to commands from MoBo, so fails startup tests. The emulator does work with the original cable! I'm surprised, and Not Happy. Got 5 ribbons for the price, all test OK for continuity and all fail to work.
I guess the longer cable could be picking up more noise, but could there be other significant differences in the cable characteristics?
Original cable is AWN 2896 and substitute is AWM 20264. I cannot google the meaning of these codes. Any cable experts can advise if the cables are significantly different? Have I got nasty fake cable or is the different coding significant?
Thanks for any info/help!