Attaching DEC Handles, the Right Way

Al Kossow aek at bitsavers.org
Wed Apr 26 11:47:48 CDT 2017



On 4/26/17 8:06 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:

> Stu Phillips, a friend of ours did the insertion of metal metal Southco extractor handles on our boards for the
> Microdata 1600.  He probably had a machine, as the Southco levers were riveted onto our board thru holes in the corner
> and levered the board in and out of the card cage.

I think these are the same style used on the DG Nova and the Alto. They have a problem that they bend if you aren't
paying attention to card alignment.

Also came upon this

http://www.aboveboardelectronics.com/bivar/pdf/page26.pdf

modern source for DEC style plastic handles?




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