4 May
2001
4 May
'01
7:19 a.m.
--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 20:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Ethan Dicks
> <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The power cord is like nothing I've seen - three
> > brass rods, the middle one (earth), fixed, the outer two slightly
> > floating, about 1.25 cm long, 2-3 mm in diameter, spaced at about 1.25 cm
> > on centers, nearly, but not entirely, in line.
The pins sound rather too small in diameter (2-3mm)
for the Swiss mains
plugs that I rememebr. The pins on those were perhaps 3-4mm diameter.
The Comptometer connector does sound a bit like a round-pin mains
connector used on HP (and other) test equipment in the 1960s.
Do you have any pictures of these up on the web?
I have no idea where you'd find that sort of
connector now, though.
So the next question becomes do I a) find a way to manufacture something
with insulated clips, or b) remove the plug and add a modern one. I'm
obviously shy about permanent modifications, but the brass pins _do_ have
set screws to hang onto the wires inside. I could replace them later.
-ethan
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