Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 10:51 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > https://gunkies.org/wiki/DEC_power_distribution_connectors#Connectors > I'm not sure why I bothered to write all this stuff up; it was clearly a > waste > of time. > I've used that writeup before. Thank you

Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
>>> There is definitely yet _another_ keying design, with >>> triangular sawteeth > > Molex Yup. You'll find them on harnesses in your Atari arcade cabinets :-)

Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
There is definitely yet _another_ keying design, with triangular sawteeth Molex

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, corey cohen via cctalk wrote: I’m actually surprised that it took this long before the “sharks” started to circle our historical objects looking for things like asbestos, arsenic, radium and other “poisons” used in the making these machines. I'm sure that they have alread

Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 2:39 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > There is definitely yet _another_ keying design, with > triangular sawteeth, but again, I don't think any DEC gear used that. I am familiar with that key design. I have never seen it in DEC gear. -ethan

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Most of these actions aren't lawsuits per se, but rather claims made on trust funds set up by asbestos manufacturers as part of Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings. So the money's already there and if one has been afflicted by mesothelioma and can claim *any* exposure to asbestos in the past, the fund u

Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> I have a feeling there are two shell designs for the 6 pin. Like I said, I have a vague memory of another keying design (I think it used a ridge running parallel to the direction of insertion), but I don't think it's from any DEC gear. There is definitely yet _another_ keying design, with tr

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Thu, 2021-01-28 at 09:52 -0600, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 01/28/2021 02:29 AM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: > > We have had this guy harassing the Computer History Museum, then all > > unsuspecting restorers under the false pretense of doing computer materials > > history research. In

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 01/28/2021 02:29 AM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: We have had this guy harassing the Computer History Museum, then all unsuspecting restorers under the false pretense of doing computer materials history research. In the end we understood he was trying to find out if asbestos was used in t

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread corey cohen via cctalk
I’m actually surprised that it took this long before the “sharks” started to circle our historical objects looking for things like asbestos, arsenic, radium and other “poisons” used in the making these machines. Cheers, Corey

Re: DEC backplane power connectors

2021-01-28 Thread Tom Uban via cctalk
I have a feeling there are two shell designs for the 6 pin. The one on my DD11-DF that I want to mate has detents in the corners while the catalog picture for the 6 pin on your part number shows a square in the center of the side. I'm pretty sure I've seen that style 6 pin on some of my other DE

Re: UNIVAC

2021-01-28 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
We have had this guy harassing the Computer History Museum, then all unsuspecting restorers under the false pretense of doing computer materials history research. In the end we understood he was trying to find out if asbestos was used in the machinery or buildings that were used to make the IBM