3 Feb
1998
3 Feb
'98
2:38 p.m.
At 06:48 2/4/98 +0300, Hotze wrote:
Actually, I've jammed the $^\&* [DE15's] a
few times myself. The solution
(that I've come up with) is get a screw driver, (flathead) and then push it
up and straighten it out.
If that works, you're lucky; if not, it's time for the needlenose pliers,
at which point the game becomes "straighten one pin without bending others."
Why not move away from this type of pins all
together?....
Maybe something like a ethernet-type connector, or, ....
Maybe switch the male-female part of this, with female-connector
monitors.
Now that you've said that -- how about a Centronics-type connector, with
the female end on the end of the monitor cable, and the male end recessed
into the card bracket, where it would just be another feature connector of
sorts? This exact combination, when used for parallel printers or external
SCSI, is almost indestructible.
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