Gilford 2600 spectrophotometer setup

I have a Gilford 2600 UV/Vis spectrophotometer circa 1981 which was rescued from the dump. From what I can gather from a for sale image on the web I have all the bits, however I am comfused about the power supply system. There are two power supplies present, 1 in the main spectro unit and 1 in the cell changer. There were patch cords with my unit but the trouble is the gender of the wide d-connector which plugs into the photometer unit is wrong for the corresponding plugs on the main unit (labelled digital in and -out). This suggests to me that the power supply for both the photometer and lamps for that matter may be a separate module. Can anyone confirm this or if incorrect guide me on the connection configuration ie. what plugs into what. I can't just test the unit as I've had it stored for quite a few years and a number of the common logic /op amp chips on the circuit boards have corroded thus breaking the connection and so the unit is currently disfunctional. It was OK when stored but before hunting down all the damaged chips I'd like to determine if I will still be short a power supply. Thanks in advance.

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John
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On Wed, 6 May 2009 15:37:30 -0700 (PDT), John put finger to keyboard and composed:

You could try asking these former employees:

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There is an email address at the bottom of the page.

- Franc Zabkar

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Franc Zabkar

Pictures of a Gilford 2600 can be found at this site.

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My early career was as a technician in a chemistry lab. I'm not familiar with this unit, but worked with equivalent (older) units from other manufacturers. In general these consisted of the main spectrographic unit and a number of additional units - light sources, detectors, sample holders, etc. These represented various options which varied by application. In many cases the power supply for the light source was a separate unit. A sample changer might also have it's own source.

PlainBill

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PlainBill

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