[vcf-midatlantic] WTB S100 connectors

Dan Roganti ragooman at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 20:12:09 EDT 2016


On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jul 2016, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2016, Systems Glitch via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>
>> >      I have a need for two S100 backplane connectors.  Drop me a note
>>> >  off-list if you have two to spare.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>  What spacing? Obviously 0.125" between contacts, but what about across
>>> the
>>>  other way?
>>>
>>
>>   It's hard to get an exact measurement, but my digital caliper says
>> spacing on center is somewhere between 0.285" and 0.290".  These are for an
>> SD Systems Z80 Starter Kit board.
>>
>
>    Apparently I don't know how to read a caliper.  It's more like 0.250".
>
>
​There are two different Row spacings out in the wild.
As Bill showed here already. I recall the wider spec was originally
intended for wire-wrap backplanes, but they also sold the solder pin
variety.
This place has the
​ the skinny variety
. It's become a popular source for the retro projects in the S-100 group.
​ ​
I used them to make another
​of their retro ​
backplane
​ projects​
. Th
​is​
say
​s​
it's 0.24" Row spacing
​, only $3.95​
http://anchor-electronics.com/product/100-pin-125-inch-card-edge-connector/
Dan



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