----- Original Message -----
From: ajp me <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: Kim / Commie keypads
> It's in the RSU catalog.
> It's on the wall in nashua as part of a chassis box.
>
> I don't claim any genius but, it still amazes me that I can find something
so trivial with zero effort. IF ALL ELSE FAILS TRY THE DIGIKEY OR NEWARK
CATALOGS. Sure they are pricy but they do have it. Keypads are still used
widely for many applications,
> where is the difficulty?
Funny you mention Newark. That's where I ended
up via Grayhill's web page. (Actually, they were
just the most favorable of many in terms of minimum
order and stock quantities of several.)
I'm still surprised that Digikey, Jameco, Arrow,
and JDR were such dead-ends, as usually one of
those pans out for almost anything.
These little carpal-tunnel beauties are on their way. :)
>
> Allison
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Sent: April 17, 2001 3:37:49 AM GMT
> Subject: Re: Kim / Commie keypads
>
>
> Well, talking to the folks at Radio Shack, visiting a store, and searching
> through their catalog (with the aid of the fellow at the store) didn't
yield any
> keypad kits. The part number you posted doesn't fit a Radio Shack part
number
> format according to the guy at RS. That's why I asked for the part
number,
> because, though they have thousands of stores with many employees, they
have,
> collectively, only two grey cells to rub together when it comes to finding
> something. That's as much as I'm going to do, since (a) I dislike going
to
> Radio Shack (b) I don't have a KIM-1, nor am I likely to get one, and (3)
I
> doubt that Radio Shack will EVER have a keypad that will even with
extensive
> modification be suitable for this application, or, for that matter,
anything
> else of any value, except by the wildest stroke of luck.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ajp166" <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Kim / Commie keypads
>
>
> > From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> >
> > >
> > >This RS pad must have a catalog number, though, Allison. Since you've
> > seen it,
> > >perhaps you could provide the catalog number, as the RS meatheads
> > wouldn't know
> > >what a keypad kit was if you asked them.
> >
> >
> > Well while picking up a barrel connector I noticed the Nashua store had
> > it on
> > the wall. I think 270-015 is the catalog number. Sheesh, if I do that
> > might
> > as well sent it to me for installation and labeling. Is it possible to
> > read a catalog
> > these days or has the "go ask the web, thin I don't have to work"
> > mentality
> > taken over?
> >
> > Allison
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 18 2001 - 02:45:05 BST