28 Nov
2018
28 Nov
'18
2:07 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 1:55 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
In the late 1970's in the TRS80 world, there were
MALE 34 pin card edge
ribbon cable connectors! with gold plated fingers! (used on a short
extension for drives in enclosures, and to convert expansion interface
connections to gold-plated to withstand corrosion and lots of connections)
Those were great! I'm not entirely sure who made them, but it might have
been Robinson Nugent (since devoured by 3M). It doesn't appear that anyone
makes them any more. The last I saw any was in Anchor Electronics in Santa
Clara CA about 20 years ago.
Sullins does still make male card-edge connectors, but not in an IDC form
for crimping onto ribbon cable. Digi-Key carries them but appears to be
going non-stock.
https://sullinscorp.com/news/news-releases/sullins-double-row-male-edgecard…
https://sullinscorp.com/products/?filters=category:312|col05:11947&togg…