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From: djl@MSC.EDU (Dennis Longar)
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Subject: yet more slide locks.
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Date: 24 Apr 91 14:31:13 GMT
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->Speaking of slide lock connectors, does anyone know of a source for those
->little screw adapters for them?  Some vendors supply them with LAN cards,
-> but I just need a bag 'o adapters and matching screws.

You can probably get them from the same place that you buy your cables.
Suppliers of Bulk cable and connectors usually sell them.  It's turns out 
it's almost harder to find a name for them than ordering them!!  :)  You'll
probably end up calling them cable connector screw thing-a-ma-jigs...   ;)

I would suggest just sticking out the slide locks, and going around and doing
periodic checks of all easily accessed slide lock connections.  Here at MSC
we ended up buying a bunch of screws, but found that in most hardware is was
not a trivial task to replace the slide locks.  The Cables are easily fixed,
but the DTE's and DCE's gets a little harder.  Then the worst part comes....
You have a few screw locks and a few slide locks, then anytime you need a
cable, you grab the wrong kind and can't get any connectivity...

->Who invented those slide latches, anyway?  I'd like to meet this person,
->maybe shake his or her throat ..... :-(

I'm sure it was a Network Manager who felt he needed more job security.
          lots of  :-) here!!!


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Dennis Longar (Network Manager)        		EMail:  djl@msc.edu
Minnesota Supercomputer Center			Phone:  (612) 625-8509
Minneapolis, MN                        		FAX:    (612) 624-6550