25 Jul
2013
25 Jul
'13
4:53 p.m.
On 07/25/2013 04:12 PM, Mark S Waterbury wrote:
I have seen similar "tin cans" used in the IBM DisplayWriter, the 5100,
5110, 5120, the System/34 and System/36 models, and various IBM
System/370 equipment ... though usually on larger circuit boards
containing quite a few more "tin cans" than in this particular example.
The 5150 in at least some of the initial models, had boards that used
these. What comes to mind immediately is the floppy controller and some
of the early memory boards, as well as the "host connect board" of the
3270 PC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_PC_Original_5.25_Diskette_Drive_Adapt…
http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/Images/hostconnect.jpg
So used into the mid-1980s at least.
--Chuck
