Does anyone in UK have a spare useable GPIB (IEE488) 24 way panel mount socket with solder connection and mounting bits (even still mounted in a panel from a dead machine), that they would be prepared to sell for a small consideration and post/packing?
Many thanks
-- Dave Partridge (remove xwy from replyto email address)
Those sockets are actually your basic Amphenol blue plug and socket. The 50-pin version of these you can find on the end of most any OLD multi-line telephone (at least in the USA). Look in most any business closet and you'll find a few unused ones you can borrow.
The 37-pin variety is on the end of every older PC printer cable.
You need the 24-pin variety. These are harder to find, but can be found on both sides of the pond by googling "24 pin centronics connector" or similar keywords.
In a real pinch, you can take a hacksaw to your telephone or printer connector, cutting out the extra center section, and leave SIX of the gold-plated pins on each side. Crude but doable. If you're really clever, make the cut with a zig-zag in the middle so the two end pieces interlock a bit, giving a bit more rigidity.
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