Re: PDP-8/a wire-to-board connector for power?

2017-11-04 Thread Brian Walenz via cctalk
Awesome, thanks! I missed that in my scan of the Mouser catalog. https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity/1-480270-0/ $0.86 for the connector, $160 for the crimper. b On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 11/03/2017 05:40 PM,

PDP-8/a wire-to-board connector for power?

2017-11-04 Thread Brian Walenz via cctalk
I'm assembling a PDP-8/a from a pile of parts, but I'm missing the entire AC power entry assembly, as shown in http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/8a_trans_gnd0.jpg. Does anyone know what the 6-pin connector is? Even better, does anyone have an extra assembly? Thanks to Herb Johnson for the 8

Re: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-23 Thread Brian Walenz via cctalk
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > "Nathan Ensmenger has observed" > > he's written a whole book on the subject "The Computer Boys Take Over" > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computer-boys-take-over > > And: "Recording Gender", Janet Abbate (also mentioned in the ar