Power Supply - Page 3

 



    ...cannot answer your question, but I do agree that it was neat to have
it available.  I always used it for monitors.  It made for one less device
to rely on power-bar, which allowed for a 1-button click to switch
everything off, for those who cycled their system daily (nightly?).
    Of course, sandy58, who offers SO much help to those seeking "advice" on
these ng's, does not remember such ps's--only reads about them in historical
articles.;)  Oh, but to have such youthfulness again!  (One day, I may learn
which pronoun to associate w/sandy58--(s)he???.  Doesn't matter, other than
I have to be careful NOT to slant my rantings.  Merry Christmas, whomever
you are.)  sdlomi2

 


Same to you, sdlomi2. and a very happy Hogmanay to you and yours.
Slainte'.

  Yes it's a throwback to long, long ago when IBM PC's and their clones first
came out.

Way back then all you have were simple text monochrome monitors (long before
vga ) and perhaps some of the early CGA monitors that had a short power cord
that just plugged into the AC recepticle on the back of the power supply
rather than a long ac cord that would plug into the wall.

That way, when you turned on the PC, it also powered up the monitor.

 Hello,

I am looking for a two-wire 'thin-wire' connector for my motherboard.
Specifically the two-wire one.

Does anyone know what the official name for these connectors are and
where they can be found?

thanks,
Todd

NOTE: Photo of what I am talking about is here:

http://www.pcguide.com/byop/diagrams/figure73.jpg

 On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:40:28 -0800, Todd Last


If you only need one I suggest stopping by the local mom &
pop computer shop as any random system from the AT era
onward is likely to have these, the shop would be throwing
them away and could just pull one out before a retired
system was tossed.

I'm sure you could get one from an electronics house like
Digikey or Mouser but to order one piece plus shipping is
pretty costly for what it is, a little piece of plastic
worth a few pennies, plus they don't have any really unique
name they're just single row crimped insert 0.1" (2.54mm)
centered pin sockets... meaning you end up wading through a
lot of parts to find them at an electronics house.