scroungers -- a new chalenge

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Feb 18 23:33:31 2000

Dick,

   Where do you buy such a wonder? I worked on some of the first 8085
computers in the mid 70s and we bought a press that was made for putting on
ICD connectors and I remember that it cost about $450! Personally, I use a
vice and have no trouble with it.

   Joe

At 08:49 PM 2/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>There's a tool made specifically for attaching ICD connectors that costs
>only $15-16. That's quite a bit less than what the fixe-grips cost.
>They're a parallel-jawed arrangement made of cleverly formed black sheet
>metal with a yellow plastic seat that fits in the jaws, hinged at the end,
>like a nutcracker, and which works MUCH better, faster, and more easily than
>a vise, plier, even a parallel-jawed pair, as they're usually too small.
>That seat is almost perfect, but it has a relief for the index tab in the
>middle of the odd-numbered side of most IDC connectors, but it won't take
>the ones with two such tabs. I've never seen one of these blister-packed
>wonders cost more than $19.95, and bought mine for $15 or so.
>
>Dick
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com>
>To: classiccmp <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
>Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:28 PM
>Subject: Re: scroungers -- a new chalenge
>
>
>>On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 06:00:51PM -0700, Clint Wolff (VAX collector)
>wrote:
>>> IDC cables are pretty easy to crimp with a panavise, or bench vise and
>>> nylon jaws.
>>
>>Or a "duckbill" vice grip, available at welding supply shops and some auto
>>parts shops. Works nicely, and not too strong... A vice is OK but you
>>have to be really careful to listen for the clicks, the first one is the
>>connector seating, the second one is the connector shattering!
>>
>>John Wilson
>>D Bit
>
>
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