And there’s everything nice and neat, thanks RunnerPack – I just won a second VB on eBay for $6 so I guess I could finish my cable while waiting for it. It’s “status unknown” so even if it doesn’t work it’s cheap spare parts. 
I’m just hoping noone has been inside it and messed things up.
Any time, e5frog! That’s a nice deal you got! My second VB was also $6, but I got Vertical Force and a Performance AC adapter with it. It was at least 6 years ago, though. Nowadays, anything below $40 is a deal…
Let us know how you get on with the link cable. I’ve still only got one VB connector. I used it for a VB->PC cable that I never got working. It wouldn’t be too hard to make another, though. I used the edge connector from an old floppy drive cable.