From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On 14 Nov 2025 13:52:09 GMT, Uwe Bonnes   
    wrote:   
      
   >legg  wrote:   
   >> On 12 Nov 2025 12:55:41 GMT, Uwe Bonnes   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Hello,   
   >>>   
   >>>the usual suspects (Digikey, Mouser, Farnell, etc) and a lot of web   
   >>>browsing  did not bring up an accessible sources for 0.635 mm twisted   
   >>>pair Ribbon Flat Cable sold by length beside some Alibaba seller   
   >>>offering confectionated units.   
   >>>   
   >>>Has anybody some hint for a sensible source?   
   >>>   
   >>>Thanks   
   >>   
   >> What did you use the last time you went looking (2022)?   
   >>   
   >> As Don Y suggests, MQT micro quick-twist gets better results.   
   >>   
   >   
   >micro quick-twist was produced by Hitachi Cable Manchester, Inc and is   
   >now known as Proterial Cable America, Inc (Wikipedia). I found no   
   >trace for something similar to  micro quick-twist on their website.   
   >   
   >For the 2022 project in the end I had control of everything and could   
   >go to 0.05 TP flat ribbon.   
   >   
   >For the project now, I am not in control and was only asked to provide   
   >cabling. Maybe I can talk to the people providing the other hardware...   
      
   So maybe the ebay reel is a stop-gap solution. It's ~ commercially   
   priced at US$5/ft. Old catalogs wanted ~$4.50/ft.   
      
   200ft would give you 20 cables @3m each.   
      
   RL   
      
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