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From: brian@ucsd.EDU (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: the 15-pin ethernet connector slide lock
Message-ID: <994@ucsd.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 88 18:47:42 GMT
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There is a right-angle shell available for the DB15 connector; it comes
from TRW with part number DA-19977-1 stamped on it.  We first saw these
on cables on the 3B2 ethernet adaptor; the regular cable won't fit into
the housing on the 3B2.

Ungermann-Bass uses DB-15s with regular DB-25 style screws.

You can buy standard shells for the DB-15 cable connector quite cheaply, and
the hermaphrodite screws for the chassis-mounted connector are available
at large hardware distributors and electronics parts houses.

I use the slide latch until someone rips it or bends it into flakeyness,
then replace both the shell and connector pins with screw types.  If
it's in a place where it's going to break, I sometimes replace the slide
latch BEFORE installing the system.

The slide latch was a good idea but the implementation is poor.

	Brian Kantor	UCSD Office of Academic Computing
			Academic Network Operations Group  
			UCSD B-028, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
			brian@ucsd.edu ucsd!brian BRIAN@UCSD