DEC H-500 Computer Lab pins and docs (was Re: Straight 8 up on Ebay just now)

[Karl-Wilhelm Wacker]

Does anyone have one of the patch cables, and can they measure the diameter 
of the pin and it's length?

Also, is it a straight pin or like a bannana jack with springy sides?

There is a company  www.mill-max.com that makes almost any type of 
pin/socket  that you can think of -
take a look thru their con-line catalog.

Karl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: DEC H-500 Computer Lab pins and docs (was Re: Straight 8 up on 
Ebay just now)


> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 5:01 AM,  <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
>> >  also  a Rare Digital DEC H-500 Computer Lab, 1960s, Same  Switches as
>> > PDP-8/I, Vintage  for 700+
>> >
>> > ( we have an extra one of these Computer Lab, if  anyone here  is
>> > interested)
>>
>> Does anyone have a modern source of pins that fit the socket holes in
>> the Computer Lab?  ISTR there are a few of us here who have an H-500,
>> but very few, or no, patch cables.  I think Molex pins have been tried
>> and rejected.
>>
>> Also, the 1969 Computer Lab Handbook is on bitsavers (in
>> 'dec/handbooks').  I recall a 8.5"x11" book on the Computer Lab, newer
>> layout, probably a 1970s publication date, possibly a teacher's guide.
>> I was given one as a kid, but it vanished decades ago.  Anyone
>> remember this?  Anyone have one for scanning?
>>
>> -ethan
>>
>
>
> I have the Computer Lab Workbook, not Handbook.  Maybe that's what you're
> looking for.
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