19 Apr
2002
19 Apr
'02
11:50 p.m.
On Apr 19, 20:36, Don Maslin wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I've kludged together cables for a PDP-11/34 by using the pins
> > out of those 4-pin Molex connectors that are normally used on
> > disk and tape drives. We just stuck the pins in the appropriate
> > sockets and left it at that! Being careful not to pull on the
> > wire, of course.
>
> Couldn't you get a strip of plastic and drill some suitable (stepped)
> holes in it to hold the pins? OK, it wouldn't lock to the socket, and
it
> would probably fit either way up, but at least
the pins would be kept
in
> the right sequence.
Another possibility, depending on the shape of the
receptacle recess,
might be to encapsulate the pins(?) with RTV. Same caveats as Tony
cited above.
Yet another revolutionary idea might be to buy a few of the correct
housings :-) They're made by AMP, by the way, not Molex. They're readily
avaialble from any AMP supplier, and very cheap.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
20 Apr
20 Apr
11:21 a.m.
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Apr 19, 20:36, Don Maslin wrote:
Oops! I had somehow inferred from earlier correspondence that they were
unavailable.
- don
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I've kludged together cables for a PDP-11/34 by using the pins
> > out of those 4-pin Molex connectors that are normally used on
> > disk and tape drives. We just stuck the pins in the appropriate
> > sockets and left it at that! Being careful not to pull on the
> > wire, of course.
>
> Couldn't you get a strip of plastic and drill some suitable (stepped)
> holes in it to hold the pins? OK, it wouldn't lock to the socket, and
it
> would probably fit either way up, but at
least the pins would be kept
in
> the right sequence.
Another possibility, depending on the shape of
the receptacle recess,
might be to encapsulate the pins(?) with RTV. Same caveats as Tony
cited above.
Yet another revolutionary idea might be to buy a few of the correct
housings :-) They're made by AMP, by the way, not Molex. They're readily
avaialble from any AMP supplier, and very cheap. --
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
2:23 p.m.
At 01:21 PM 4/20/02 -0700, you wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
There was no inference necessary. I posted the response from Tyco/AMP which
clearly states that they stopped making them back in 1997 and they are no
longer available or in stock.
--tom
On Apr 19, 20:36, Don Maslin wrote:
Oops! I had somehow inferred from earlier correspondence that they were
unavailable. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I've kludged together cables for a PDP-11/34 by using the pins
> > out of those 4-pin Molex connectors that are normally used on
> > disk and tape drives. We just stuck the pins in the appropriate
> > sockets and left it at that! Being careful not to pull on the
> > wire, of course.
>
> Couldn't you get a strip of plastic and drill some suitable (stepped)
> holes in it to hold the pins? OK, it wouldn't lock to the socket, and
it
> would probably fit either way up, but at
least the pins would be kept
in
> the right sequence.
Another possibility, depending on the shape of
the receptacle recess,
might be to encapsulate the pins(?) with RTV. Same caveats as Tony
cited above.
Yet another revolutionary idea might be to buy a few of the correct
housings :-) They're made by AMP, by the way, not Molex. They're readily
avaialble from any AMP supplier, and very cheap.
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