> On Dec 1, 2016, at 2:27 PM, Josh Dersch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ...
> The Imlac uses a Winchester connector (14 position) for the display and
> while they're not as common these days the parts can still be found so I
> thought I was in the clear, but what I failed to notice is that three of
> the "pins" (for the X, Y and Blank signals) are actually tiny coaxial
> connectors that fit within the Winchester housing (i.e. they're the same
> diameter as a Winchester pin).
What is a "Winchester connector"? Do you mean a D-sub connector, i.e., with a
trapezoidal shell such as you find on terminal or VGA connectors? Those come
in a number of widths, with names like DE (for the VGA size), or DB (the 25 pin
classic RS-232), and so forth. Often, incorrectly, all are called DB.
Those shells have a variety of choices for pins. They may be two rows of pins
(e.g., DB-25), or 3 rows (e.g., DE-15). You may also find ones that have just
miniature coax inserts, or a mix of coax and plain pins. The coax inserts are
generally larger, such that it takes up much of the height of the connector. I
haven't seen coax pins that are the same diameter as plain signal pins, that's
rather hard to imagine especially for something as old as an Imlac. Examples
of mixed pin D-sub connectors are the Sun video monitor connectors, with RGB on
coax.
paul
