Anyone remember Kel-Am connectors?

[Doug Jackson]

We can synthesise those with a Female edge connector and a nice Gold Plated
set of long fingers.

I agree - those connectors were beautiful and very useful in the days of
barely adequately buffered signals slapped onto a tin plated PCB edge
connector.

Kindest regards,

Doug Jackson

em: doug at doughq.com
ph: 0414 986878




On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 05:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> > On 8/25/21 2:29 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
> >> When I worked at Apparat around 1981, we used a lot of *male* IDC edge
> card
> >> connectors. I've almost never seen any since, and I couldn't remember
> the
> >> name of the vendor. I just found out that it was Kel-Am, but the
> internet
> >> knows almost nothing about them.
> >>
> >> Here's an example:
> >>
> https://www.elliottelectronicsupply.com/connectors/card-edge/male-card-edge-idc-connector-34-position-kel-am-idc34m.html
> >>
> >> T
> >
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> > We still use a lot of KEL connectors, originally sold in the US under
> the
> > Robinson-Nugent brand, then acquired by 3M.  Here's the right-angle
> > board-mount connector :
> >
> > https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/P50E-068P1-SR1-EA/1802260
> >
> > Here's the IDC crimp cable end.
> >
> > https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/P25E-068S-EA/1802218
> >
> > I assume this is the same company.
>
> It may be a lead on where Kel-Am went to, . . .
> But what Eric was asking about was a MALE card edge connector, and those
> are FEMALE.
>
> In his time at Apparat, floppy drives (5.25") had a 34 pin card edge
> connector.  If the drive was in a case, it meant opening the case every
> time for connecting.  So, Kel-Am made a MALE IDC 34 pin card edge
> connector that could go on a short ribbon cable to a FEMALE IDC 34 pin
> card edge connector to act as a short extension, to bring the connection
> out of the case.
>
> IDC MALE card edge is a R at RE connector type.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred                 cisin at xenosoft.com
>