Not 10 years old, but definitely counts as unusual hardware... I
bought a Dolch A320T ruggedized laptop at Dayton from a friend who was
in from NJ and selling a few rows away from Dan Cohoe, but part of the
reason it was so in expensive was that it didn't have an AC adapter.
The laptop came with a hand-fashioned bit of cut PCB with leads, meant
to plug into a lab-top bench supply (19V @ ~3A), but I'd like to at
least get a "real" plug for it. The problem is that while it looks
like an "ordinary" 2.5mm co-ax DC power connector, the center pin is
mighty fat. My question is, how does one describe these sorts of
connectors in enough detail to get the right part when ordering one?
A standard, modern Dell PA-12-type brick pumps out 19.5V @ 3.33A, so
that's not so much of an issue, just locating a mating connector is.
Thanks for any help determining how to describe this.
-ethan