20mA serial cable connector

From: John Honniball <coredump_at_gifford.co.uk>
Date: Fri Apr 19 07:05:11 2002

Tom Uban wrote:
> I'm looking for a supply of the uncommon DEC 20mA current loop male connector
> shells used to plug into DEC VT100s, Wyse 85s, and the like.
...
> I am assuming that if I can find the
> shells, I can find a pin from either AMP or Molex which will work.

I've kludged together cables for a PDP-11/34 by using the pins
out of those 4-pin Molex connectors that are normally used on
disk and tape drives. We just stuck the pins in the appropriate
sockets and left it at that! Being careful not to pull on the
wire, of course.

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John Honniball
coredump_at_gifford.co.uk
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 07:05:11 BST

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