We can synthesise those with a Female edge connector and a nice Gold Plated set of long fingers.
I agree - those connectors were beautiful and very useful in the days of barely adequately buffered signals slapped onto a tin plated PCB edge connector. Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: d...@doughq.com ph: 0414 986878 On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 05:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> T > > > 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. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com >