akcs.kolstad@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joel Kolstad) (11/04/90)
I was able to get a distributor who said it'd be OK if I "only" ordered
200 of the Fujitsu, 2mm, 4 pin connectors. What I'm wondering is,
should I bother getting any? Or does everybody who wanted a connector
(more or less) now have one? (Or better yet, is there anyone else out
there who wants to invest in 200 connectors? :-) )
A few facts: These connectors (which look just like the DuPont ones,
I believe), are NOT quite as nice as the HP ones. They look just like
the Molex connectors with the .1" spacing (well, almost), except that
spacing is 2mm. They fit the serial port quite snugly, but, unlike
the real HP connector which has a little nub on it to latch into the
48's serial port opening, you can't swing your 48 around your head with
ones of these plugged in.
The distributor said that he'd have a 4-6 week delay on getting them,
since he didn't have any in stock (which is what I expected...). After
considering the costs involved in doing all of this, the price per each
would be about $2.50 (postage, printing, envelopes, and mailing
labels add up fast!).
There's also the options of getting already made cables using these
connectors. At the moment, I can get 9 pin, 25 pin, and Mac connectors
readily. The cost of completed cables would be about $12.50 each,
including a PC Link disk for MS-DOS or Amiga computers. (If any one
these things did happen, I could look into getting a Mac disk, too.)
I'm open to opinions about this. The last round of connectors was pretty
sad to say the least, and I'm not real thrilled with the thought of
trying it again. As I said, if anyone else wants all the info on where
to get 200 connectors, I'll be glad to provide it. I'm looking for
letters on how people feel about this, and to attempt to gauge what kind
of response I'd get. Please send response to kolstad@cae.wisc.edu.
Thanks for your time.
---Joel Kolstad
kolstad@cae.wisc.edu