DEC Computer Lab for sale

[Eric Moore]

Thank you!

On Sun, May 30, 2021, 10:42 AM Vincent Slyngstad <
vincent.slyngstad at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/30/2021 6:22 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
> > Hi, I have a DEC computer lab, but no cables. It works fine, but I would
> > love to pair it with an original-as-reasonable set of cables.
> >
> > Are the mini-banana plugs the best modern replacement available? Are
> > pics of the original plugs available?
>
> The mini-banana works OK, and I don't know of anything better that is
> still available.  A hundred of them (50 patch cables) won't be cheap.
>
> https://so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/computerlab/computerlab.php
> The photos get a little bigger if you click them.  Those bits of stamped
> brass or whatever they are made of were probably pennies each.
>
>         Vince
>
> > On Sun, May 30, 2021, 3:08 AM Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 5/29/2021 10:52 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
> >      >> While the mini-banana makes a passable (though expensive) modern
> >      >> substitute, I believe the originals were hollow crimp-on taper
> pins,
> >      >> #42107 or #42279.
>