Thanks Art, I'm sure I will revisit this topic when the manual is released in '07.
I'm guessing this is strictly in the ideals of a concern for electrical wiring safety the way it was written.
We have enough birds nests in FIRST without people crimping and splicing wires together.
I doubt that rule will change to allow splices anytime in the near future.
And Art, the whole reason I found this thread again was to ask if this series cable:
http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/Info.jsp?item=44
Was the one you were talking about a few posts back with your link?
I need a simple 6" jumper to test some motors..
And 2 bucks sounds like a deal if that's them.