cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

[DI Gerhard Kreuzer]

Hi Tom,

    what do you think about this parts:

Microsoft Word - D5936.doc (mouser.at)[1]

    Looks like 0.09" diameter.

    With best regards

    Gerhard

    Zitat von Tom Hunter <ccth6600 at gmail.com>:
> Hi Gerhard,
>  
> I used the following banana plugs:
>  
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002907717547.html
>  
> Please note that only about 30% of the plugs I received were a good  
> fit. The rest I had to modify.
>  
> I had to remove the barrel shaped contact spring and compress it  
> carefully to open it up to make good contact with the sockets.
>     I also soldered the barrel shaped contact spring onto the plug  
> body. It is a lot of work to make the patch cables with plugs which  
> don't quite fit, but with the modification the result is now neat  
> and usable.
>  
> I couldn't find anything else with a better fit. The original 0.1"  
> taper pins are "unobtainium".
>
>      Regards
>      Tom
>  
>
>
>
>  
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 7:18 PM DI Gerhard Kreuzer via cctalk  
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>          I also have an H500 waiting for restoration.
>>          Maybe anyone can give better winfos about the  
>> plugs/connectors of the
>>      patch cables.
>>
>>          I didn't have any, I have to make new.
>>
>>          With best regards
>>
>>          Gerhard
>>
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Links:
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[1] https://www.mouser.at/datasheet/2/159/D5936-1514588.pdf