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Connector information for KPCMCIA Analog and Digital I/O products

In early 1998, the style of connector on the cards (and mating cable) was changed to
improve their mechanical performance. The older design was not highly tolerant to
numerous make/break cycles when attaching/detaching the cable to the card. Individual
pins in either the card or the cable's connector could become displaced or bent.

The new connector is much improved and the incidence of bent pins and consequential
malfunction has disappeared. Cables for use with the old style card are not
interchangeable with cards that use the new connector.

Cards and cables which have the new connector, use the same model number as before
except a "