On 3/7/20 4:42 PM, Dave Everett wrote:
On 8/03/2020 8:27 am, Brian K. White 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.
Hi Brian, I have been looking for one of these to make a basic rom for
my PX-8. Would you be prepared to send one to Australia?
If so lease let me know how much you want including shipping.
Thanks,
Dave Everett
Sydney, NSW Australia
I think you want a carrier rather than a socket then ?
As it happens, I also have over 100 carriers too, and you can have some
no problem. But you can also get carriers 3d printed new. There are at
least two STL files out there publicly to get carriers 3d printed from
on-line services any time you want for about $5 each. The carriers are
easy since they are just a chunk of plastic. The sockets are hard
because you can't just 3d-print the pins.
You would want a socket if the socket in your PX-8 was broken, or if you
wanted to make a programming adapter to read old roms without un-bending
the legs and risking breaking them.
Either way, sure whatever you need.
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bkw
