Wanted: GPIB panel mount socket

[David C. Partridge]

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

 

[Ancient_Hacker]

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.