interesting, well, I'm not in urgent need because some of my laptops naturally die. But I had to replace the one on my heavily used "test jig" for REX, REXCPM etc. BTW, which version of Molex is it? M100 style or (older) T102/T200 style (newer)
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:27 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/7/20 11:22 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote: > > hi, has anyone ever come across a supplier today for the ModelT optrom > > socket, the Molex 8878? > > I could use a few new ones. > > thanks, > > Steve > > I scored a load of about 100 of them on ebay a couple years ago. I have > been giving them to whoever needs them for any use I consider legitimate > like that. > > IE, they aren't replaceable, so, I won't just consume them for something > dumb, but for repairs of old machines and maybe a small number of > programming jigs or something. I gave some to a museum to have in > inventory for repairs. If I die and still have 75 of them and someone > else keeps them and dies with still having 60 of them, and so they are > available for repairs for the longest time possible, and 50 years from > now there is still a box of 50 of them... that is my ideal goal. > > So, that's a yes. :) > > -- > bkw >
