Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Thu Apr 4 11:21:08 2002

American National Coarse. Whitworth is always coarse as I recall. Its
fine companion would, I think, be BSF - British Standard Fine. Tony can
probably confirm this.

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> What is ANC?
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> > BA is British Association. I think 2BA and 4BA are the most common sizes
> > we might see. UNC is Unified Coarse which is almost, but not quite, the
> > same as ANC. BA is not Whitworth.
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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