On 10/9/07, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I do as well.
I thought we were talking about the jumpers blocks. I
I assuem everyone saves those from dead ISA cards, PC drives, etc. Older
drives often had 0.1"-spacing jumpers on them
I certainly do - Over the past couple of years, I've had the
opportunity to scrape connectors and components off of several cubic
feet of boards before they hit the "electronic scrap" bin... I almost
have enough 805 green LEDs from Quantum drives to refurb a US digital
clock to support 24-hour mode (one of my peeves - the chip in most
clock radios supports 12/24 hour mode via jumper, but the
manufacturers for the US market skimp on the LEDs since there will
"never" be anything but a "1" in the tens-of-hours column).
I haven't had to buy a 2 or 3-pin header or jumper block in many, many years.
(2mm are, alas, common now I think).
Hmm... I don't think I have many of those.
-ethan