----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Hilpert" <hilp...@cs.ubc.ca> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Power cable identification
On 2016-Jun-27, at 12:12 PM, Dennis Boone wrote: >> Is it a Cromemco? Inexplicable is right. The Cromemco Z2 S100 chassis >> from 1978 used them, I don't know what they were thinking using it >> that late, unless they got a deal on a mass clearout. > > Are the inlet connectors in question simple connectors, or are they part > of an RFI filter assembly? Pretty sure we had to have RFI filters on > Century disk drives field replaced in the mid 80s that still had the 163 > style connectors. (Ok, they _were_ replacing them due to fire hazard, > as I recall. :) It was >15 years ago, but as best as I recall the one I replaced on a Z2 was a simple connector, no filter. ================================================================ FWIW the IEC versions were slightly oversized integrated filters.
