Thank you! On Sun, May 30, 2021, 10:42 AM Vincent Slyngstad < vincent.slyngs...@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@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@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. >
