Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 TW>>  Soem computer s have that done at the Factory. They don't rooll
 TW>> them but they do fold them so there is minimum air flow blockage
 TW>> arroung heat sensitive components.

 RJT> Just so.  That's exactly what I had in mind...

 MMC> When mix-matching old parts, I like to have as few variables as
 MMC> possible.  In a word, don't do THAT.

 MMC> If you MUST tie-wrap wires to get them out of the way, do it
 MMC> correctly and avoid later problems and 'suprises'.

 MMC> Get a round 'form', somewhere from the size of a pencil to a
 MMC> broomstick. First wrap your flat cable around the 'form' so that
 MMC> there is _NO_ overlap.  Remove the 'form', maintain the shape of
 MMC> the wrap, then press the cable flat.  Note that all the wires of
 MMC> the cable now cross each other at right angles.  At this point,
 MMC> you CAN fold the cable and tie wrap it, as all the folds AGAIN
 MMC> cross at right angles, no crosstalk and no suprises!

Sounds good.  I haven't fiddled with it yet,  but when I do I'll be doing
it carefully and testing things along the way,  to make sure that they
still work the way they should...

Been an electronics tech *way* longer than I've been messing with computers... :-)

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