[GreenKeys] Another connector needed

[John]

Reperforator base parts bulletin does have a Teletype part number, but of course no OEM number. 

The suggestion about Jones plug eventually led to S-202-CCT as a possible match.  

That presentation may explain why so many later products used the 36 pin ribbon connector (aka centronics) even if they only used 6 of the pins.  

John, W9DDD


> On Nov 5, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2021, John wrote:
> 
> I've seen them, but I don't remember who made them.  Obviously the mating
> connector has a circular shell with a ring to screw it to the part in
> the picture.  It's not the usual Jones plug, which has equal-size blades.
> You could look at a bunch of Teletype parts books and maybe find it shown.
> 
> Time for an anecdote.  Teletype R&D used to have a yearly engineering convocation with speakers from inside and outside the company.  One of
> the talks, which hardly needed any talking, just the visual display,
> was by a manufacturing engineer.  He had two 4x8 sheets of plywood on
> easels, each one filled with connectors we were using and the part numbers.  His plea was obvious: before you release yet another connector,
> look at the ones we are already using and see if one of them won't do.
> 
>> I don't recall ever seeing one like this before.
>> 
>> john-koster at tx.rr.com
> 
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