17 Jan
2003
17 Jan
'03
7:19 p.m.
Unless you can find some new old stock you may be
out of luck.
CW Industries makes the IDCs in the same
style but are darker blue than T&B Ansley.
See: http://www.cwind.com/
DigiKey lists them in catalog B022 on page 18.
I have one, unused 25-pin D female connector with
strain relief that you are welcome to.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey H. Ingber [mailto:jingber@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:17 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: T&B Ansley IDC connectors
Does anyone know where I can aquire the T&B ansley "light blue" IDC
ribbon cable connectors that were used by MITS?
Googling reveals that Tyco purchased this line of connectors in 2001,
but I can't find any mention of T&B Ansley on their web site.
Thanks,
Jeff
17 Jan
17 Jan
7:38 p.m.
Hi, guys,
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On 17-Jan-03 at 17:27 Charles Ader wrote:
Unless you can find some new old stock you may be
out of luck.
Not necessarily. If it's just IDC-type DB25's you need, they're common as
grass from lots of manufacturers, Tyco among them. I've got a whole flat of them
around here somewhere.
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18 Jan
18 Jan
1:23 a.m.
From: "Bruce Lane" <kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com>
On 17-Jan-03 at 17:27 Charles Ader wrote:
You may have missed the point of Jeff's question.
He was looking for a particular type and color
of IDC connector. The company, T&B Ansley, is
no longer in business. The style and color of
their product was unique. Apart from esthetics
these IDCs were not, in my opinion, a good
product. They tended to fail when used with
flat ribbon cable made by anyone other than
T&B Ansley.
Unless you can find some new old stock you may be
out of luck.
Not necessarily. If it's just IDC-type DB25's
you need, they're common as grass from lots of
manufacturers, Tyco among them. I've got a whole
flat of them around here somewhere.
1:30 a.m.
Good eve,
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On 17-Jan-03 at 23:25 Charles Ader wrote:
You may have missed the point of Jeff's question.
He was looking for a particular type and color
of IDC connector. The company, T&B Ansley, is
Ohhhh, OK... You're right, I missed that.
no longer in business. The style and color of
their product was unique. Apart from esthetics
these IDCs were not, in my opinion, a good
product. They tended to fail when used with
flat ribbon cable made by anyone other than
T&B Ansley.
Wait... I remember those. If I recall correctly, the contacts on the flat cable side were
designed to handle a very specific shape of conductor. Their flaring did not lend itself
well to -- as you point out -- anything other than T&B cable.
I also seem to recall that their mechanical strength, in terms of the clamp portion, was
not what it could have been.
Thanks for clearing that up anyway.
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Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior
to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)
17 Jan
17 Jan
10:54 p.m.
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 20:27, Charles Ader wrote:
Unless you can find some new old stock you may be
out of luck.
CW Industries makes the IDCs in the same
style but are darker blue than T&B Ansley.
I think I'm going to go ahead and get some of these. My idea was to try
to keep with the color scheme of the original connectors (which match
the case). Most of the original connectors have become cracked. It's
not terribly important but I would be nice to match it exactly.
Thanks a bunch for the link!
Jeff
See: http://www.cwind.com/
DigiKey lists them in catalog B022 on page 18.
I have one, unused 25-pin D female connector with
strain relief that you are welcome to.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey H. Ingber [mailto:jingber@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:17 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: T&B Ansley IDC connectors
Does anyone know where I can aquire the T&B ansley "light blue" IDC
ribbon cable connectors that were used by MITS?
Googling reveals that Tyco purchased this line of connectors in 2001,
but I can't find any mention of T&B Ansley on their web site.
Thanks,
Jeff
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