DEC backplane power connectors

Tom Uban tom at figureeightbrewing.com
Wed Jan 27 11:13:27 CST 2021


Well, they vary for what you may need of course, but in my case, I wanted to connect to existing
DD11-DF female shell/male pin 15 and 6 contact connectors.

Searching the te.com site, there are some similar parts, but the ones which look correct are:

Commercial MATE-N-LOK-S, 1-171196-0 (digikey A106239-ND), 6-pin
CMNL PLUG HSG P/M NATL, 1-480323-0 (digikey A1427-ND), 15-pin

There are a number of pin options for these, but I picked: 170121-1 (digikey A122316-ND), tin, 14-20 AWG

Once the parts arrive, I will confirm if I chose wisely...

--tom

On 1/27/21 10:57 AM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote:
> Could you post the part numbers?
>
> Thanks.
>
> TTFN - Guy
>
> On 1/27/21 7:19 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
>> Thanks much. I think I found the mating plugs I need on the te.com site and digikey has them.
>>
>> --tom
>>
>> On 1/27/21 2:05 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
>>>
>>> Den ons 27 jan. 2021 kl 06:59 skrev Tom Uban via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org
>>> <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>>:
>>>
>>>      Are the power connectors on the DEC PDP-11 backplanes (e.g. DD11-DF 15pin and 6pin) Molex or
>>>      other?
>>>      Are they still commonly available?
>>>
>>>
>>> They are called Commercial Mate-n-lok.  Company is called TE-Connectivity nowadays.
>>>
>>> Later on DEC used Universal Mate-n-lok. For example in the VAX-11/750.
>>>
>>> /Mattis
>>>
>>>
>>>      --tnx
>>>      --tom
>>>



More information about the cctech mailing list