Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!bungi.com!news From: dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: power connectors... Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 90 20:25:35 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 23 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com [In the message entitled "Re: power connectors..." on Jul 12, 18:27, Alvin Jee ~ writes:] > Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the power connectors plain ol' > Molex things? You can get those at Fry's (in Santa Clara, California > that is). I had some 2-pin ones with the square terminals and tried > it out to see if it fit in the holes and they worked fine. Maybe I just > got lucky with that one :). They are (or can be) Molex connectors, but they are not plain ol' ones... The square posts have to be the correct size for the power supply, and such. Close enough is near enough, though. > Anybody know where I can get a socket for the 32532? Nobody seems to > have any PGA sockets that big. I'm even thinking about buying individual > pin sockets and soldering them in one at a time (not too fun, I'm sure). We got the first run from a local company that. They were custom-made sockets. You may want to check with Steve Ligett to see if he has some spare sockets... -- Dave Rand {pyramid|mips|sun|vsi1}!daver!dlr Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com