band the strips center the travel of the flexible cable and the rigid band along the plate 56 and dampen vibration forces in some embodiments discrete pads may be used in lieu of strips it is desirable that the strips be constructed of a foam rubber like material the material of the strips can be rubber neoprene or plastic while the strips are shown as rectangular in cross section they could be curved to match the cupping of the flexible cable and support band fig6 illustrates an exemplary magnetic tape cartridge library 60 which may employ the flexible cable 24 and support band 26 assembly of the present invention this library has multiple frames 62 each frame being separable and having a plurality of receptacles or bins for storing a plurality of tape cartridges not shown and drives not shown accordingly the library can be sized to meet the capacity requirements of a user the accessor carries a cartridge picker 64 which is movable vertically on a movable support 66 so that with combined horizontal and vertical movements the picker 64 can pick a tape cartridge from any bin within the library it should be understood that this type of library can be employed for magnetic tape cartridges or magnetic or optical disks the second ends of the flexible cable and support band are connected at a center location 68 of the library which support the modular concept of the library to be described in more detail hereinafter as the accessor 64 moves from frame 8 to frame 1 the loop moves from near the center location 68 to frame 1 we have provided a unique connector for connecting each end of the flexible.