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| Started by | Thomas Lake <tomlake07@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2016-06-14 07:09 -0700 |
| Last post | 2016-06-15 21:00 +0100 |
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Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords Thomas Lake <tomlake07@gmail.com> - 2016-06-14 07:09 -0700
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-06-14 09:48 -0500
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-06-14 14:33 -0500
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-06-14 22:28 -0500
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-15 09:01 +0100
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-15 18:38 +0000
Re: Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-15 21:00 +0100
| From | Thomas Lake <tomlake07@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-14 07:09 -0700 |
| Subject | Minivac 601/6010 Patch Cords |
| Message-ID | <bd901401-a041-44c2-8ffb-c20ed46eb329@googlegroups.com> |
Does anyone know what resistor patch cords came with the Minivac? The manuals mention them but don't say how many were included nor what the values were. I see by some of the experiments that there were at least some 22Ω, 150Ω,180Ω and 220Ω parts but I'm not sure about the others. Also, are the plugs at the ends of the cords available? I'd like to make my own patch cables but I don't know what the plugs on the ends are called which makes it tough to Google for them. If you actually have a set of Minivac cables you'd be willing to sell, let me know! It would be easier than making my own. Thanks for your time! Tom Lake
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| From | "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> |
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| Date | 2016-06-14 09:48 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <dsajqeFk8kkU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #165053 |
"Thomas Lake" wrote: >Does anyone know what resistor patch cords came with the Minivac? The >manuals mention them but don't say how many were included nor what the >values were. I see by some of the experiments that there were at least some >22Ω, 150Ω,180Ω and 220Ω parts but I'm not sure about the others. Also, are >the plugs at the ends of the cords available? I'd like to make my own patch >cables but I don't know what the plugs on the ends are called which makes >it tough to Google for them. >If you actually have a set of Minivac cables you'd be willing to sell, let >me know! It would be easier than making my own. I have no idea what you are talking about, but does the word "banana plugs" help?
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| From | Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-14 14:33 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <njpm6h$f0h$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #165062 |
On 6/14/2016 9:48 AM, Osmium wrote: > "Thomas Lake" wrote: > >> Does anyone know what resistor patch cords came with the Minivac? >> The manuals mention them but don't say how many were included nor >> what the values were. I see by some of the experiments that there >> were at least some 22Ω, 150Ω,180Ω and 220Ω parts but I'm not sure >> about the others. Also, are the plugs at the ends of the cords >> available? I'd like to make my own patch cables but I don't know >> what the plugs on the ends are called which makes it tough to Google >> for them. > >> If you actually have a set of Minivac cables you'd be willing to >> sell, let me know! It would be easier than making my own. > > I have no idea what you are talking about, but does the word "banana > plugs" help? > > The manuals (which are available via wikipedia) describe them as "taper pins", so probably not. Perhaps paging through a catalog like DigiKey would turn up what they were. Or perhaps not, since these were extant in 1961. The pictures in the manual are drawings, and don't actually show any kind of plug, they make it look like it was bare solid wire, so the "plug" might just be a sleeve similar to what octal vacuum tubes had on the base, to transit from stranded wire to something solid of uniform diameter and length. Similar terminators of various sizes are used in some more modern connectors (male XLR microphone plugs, male DB25 plugs, etc).
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| From | Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> |
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| Date | 2016-06-14 22:28 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <XLidnbaoSODwVv3KnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #165118 |
Dave Garland wrote: >> >> > The manuals (which are available via wikipedia) describe them as > "taper pins", so probably not. I know power labs had large taper plugs. I think I might even have something that used a smaller version. these were decade resistor blocks, that had sets of, say, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Ohm resistors, or 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 Ohm, etc. I think you selected the value with plugs that had tapered pins. I think banana plugs would also fit them, so pretty close in size. Jon
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| From | "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> |
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| Date | 2016-06-15 09:01 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <njr21b$cia$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #165152 |
"Jon Elson" <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote in message news:XLidnbaoSODwVv3KnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@giganews.com... > Dave Garland wrote: >>> >> The manuals (which are available via wikipedia) describe them as >> "taper pins", so probably not. > > I know power labs had large taper plugs. I think I might even have > something that used a smaller version. these were decade resistor blocks, > that had sets of, say, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Ohm resistors, or > 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 Ohm, etc. I think you selected the value with > plugs that had tapered pins. I think banana plugs would also fit them, so > pretty close in size. I'm guessing that a MniVac is not a substitute for a Dyson, AKA, "Poor suckers for poor suckers"?
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2016-06-15 18:38 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <njs7bp115bd@news4.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #165159 |
On 2016-06-15, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote: > "Jon Elson" <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote in message > news:XLidnbaoSODwVv3KnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@giganews.com... > >> Dave Garland wrote: >> >>> The manuals (which are available via wikipedia) describe them as >>> "taper pins", so probably not. >> >> I know power labs had large taper plugs. I think I might even have >> something that used a smaller version. these were decade resistor blocks, >> that had sets of, say, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Ohm resistors, or >> 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 Ohm, etc. I think you selected the value with >> plugs that had tapered pins. I think banana plugs would also fit them, so >> pretty close in size. > > I'm guessing that a MniVac is not a substitute for a Dyson, > AKA, "Poor suckers for poor suckers"? Ah, but nothing sucks like a Vax. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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| From | "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> |
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| Date | 2016-06-15 21:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <njsc59$bb5$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #165248 |
"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message news:njs7bp115bd@news4.newsguy.com... > On 2016-06-15, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote: >> >> I'm guessing that a MniVac is not a substitute for a Dyson, >> AKA, "Poor suckers for poor suckers"? > > Ah, but nothing sucks like a Vax. We have one but just for its carpet cleaning facility
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