On 8/25/21 2:29 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
When I worked at Apparat around 1981, we used a lot of *male* IDC edge card
connectors. I've almost never seen any since, and I couldn't remember the
name of the vendor. I just found out that it was Kel-Am, but the internet
knows almost nothing about them.
Here's an example:
https://www.elliottelectronicsupply.com/connectors/card-edge/male-card-edge-idc-connector-34-position-kel-am-idc34m.html
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
We still use a lot of KEL connectors, originally sold in the US under the
Robinson-Nugent brand, then acquired by 3M. Here's the right-angle
board-mount connector :
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/P50E-068P1-SR1-EA/1802260
Here's the IDC crimp cable end.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/P25E-068S-EA/1802218
I assume this is the same company.
It may be a lead on where Kel-Am went to, . . .
But what Eric was asking about was a MALE card edge connector, and those
are FEMALE.
In his time at Apparat, floppy drives (5.25") had a 34 pin card edge
connector. If the drive was in a case, it meant opening the case every
time for connecting. So, Kel-Am made a MALE IDC 34 pin card edge
connector that could go on a short ribbon cable to a FEMALE IDC 34 pin
card edge connector to act as a short extension, to bring the connection
out of the case.
IDC MALE card edge is a R@RE connector type.
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