Ashley wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find some of the old square 4-prong wall
> phone connectors / plugs, both the male and female pieces?
Doesn't Radio Shack sell them any longer? [checking web site...] Wow,
maybe they don't!
DEC used these for 20 mA current loop interfaces on DECsystem-10s.
They called it a "283B" connector. I don't know if that was just
a DEC designation, or if TPC [*] called it that.
But wait! Google to the rescue! (As usual.)
http://www.suttleonline.com/trad_jacks_sfcmount.html
They seem to have both the sockets (404B-50) and plug (283B-50). So
that seems to answer my question about the TPC designation.
SE-404B also found here, along with SE-19B faceplate and SE-44 bracket for
$13.50:
http://www.twacomm.com/Catalog/Sort_NAME/Dept_ID_380.htm
Searching for "283B" on that site turns up a surface mounted 404B
jack for $5.28, and a 283B plug for $5.97.
http://www.twacomm.com/Catalog/Model_AT283B.htm
Eric
[*] The Phone Company, back when there really was such a thing, rather
than the pathetic amateur phone companies we have now. Sure, they might
have plotted to replace the president with a robot, but at least they made
good reliable phones.
Received on Thu Feb 10 2005 - 15:47:53 GMT