Hi Ethan, My count is zero. I had no original patch wires at all. :-( I made mine from some cheap banana plugs and silicon leads I bought on AliExpress. Only about 30 % of the plugs were a good fit, the rest I had to modify to make them usable. The YouTube video from my original post shows the patch wires I made. The originals were using 0.1" taper pins, but I never saw an original (other than photos). I couldn't find a source for the correct 0.1" taper pins so the banana plugs were my next best choice.
Tom On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 1:35 AM Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 8:03 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > As there is no real cctalk traffic other than test messages I thought I > > post something a bit more interesting. Here is a short video of my fully > > restored DEC H500 Computer Lab with an 8-bit counter implementation > > including reset: > > Hi, Tom, > > Great post and timely. I recently got leads for my H-500 but I didn't > get exactly "one set". I know I didn't get any of the longest wires > but I also got a couple extra, I think, brown ones for the tips. I > read through the handbooks and the closest thing I found was page 173 > in the Workbook that mentions "Bundle of Taper-Pin Patchcords (107 of > Assorted Lengths), Model Number 916, $30). > > Could you post how many of each color you have? It's possible, of > course, that you don't have exactly "one set" either, but if you > happen to have 107 wires, that's a good indication, especially if your > tally matches mine anywhere. > > Here's what I have: > > 22 BRN ~ 3" ( 2-7/8") > 30 RED ~ 5" ( 4-7/8") > 25 ORN ~ 7" ( 6-7/8") > 20 YEL ~ 9" ( 8-7/8") > 10 GRN ~17" (16-7/8") > 0 BLU > ----- > 107 > > -ethan >
