Looking for old connectors

[Mike Stein]

The Molex version looks like it has round pins; I'd recommend rectangular 
pins with your matching connector, they're prone to overheat at the best of times.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf at concentric.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for old connectors


> On Sat, 9 Jul 2016, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> for rebuilding a circuit, I'm in need of 3 old connectors used on the 
>> original board.
> 
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>>
>> The next one is also a power plug - but I have no idea about its AMP
>> number or something:
>>
>> http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/S8000_boards/FINCH-Adapter-Board/IMGP9588
>> http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/S8000_boards/FINCH-Adapter-Board/IMGP9589
>> http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/S8000_boards/FINCH-Adapter-Board/IMGP9584
>>
>> Its counterpart is shown here and labled with AMP, but no number:
>>
>> http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/S8000_case/Disk-Tape-Component/Secrets-S8000/DSCF0366
> 
> The header on the board appears to be a Molex KK 396 series header. The 
> plug on the wiring harness is an AMP MTA-156 series IDC connector. I'm not 
> sure why they mixed and matched connectors, but they both use the same 
> size pins with .156" spacing. The Molex header might retain the plug 
> better than the AMP header due to the friction lock.
> 
> Molex 26-60-5100 KK 396 Header, Right-Angle with Friction Lock, 10 
> Circuits, Tin (Sn) Plating
> 
> http://www.molex.com/molex/products/datasheet.jsp?part=active/0026605100_PCB_HEADERS.xml
> http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/026605100_sd.pdf
> http://www.molex.com/webdocs/datasheets/pdf/en-us/0026605100_PCB_HEADERS.pdf
> 
> AMP 640389-0 MTA-156 Friction Lock Headers - Right Angle front bend, .125" 
> solder tail
> 
> http://www.te.com/usa-en/product-1-640389-0.html
> http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=showdoc&DocId=Data+Sheet%7F82056_MTA%7F0708%7Fpdf%7FEnglish%7FENG_DS_82056_MTA_0708.pdf%7F1-640389-0