Re: Apple backplane attachable connectors?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to connect my wire-wrap clone Mockingboard to a backplane 
> connector so I don't have to move around the monitor and open the 
> machine every time I need to plug or unplug something.
>
> Any good ideas on how to do this? I'd like to have an earphone style 
> stero line-out socket back there, like a PC's line-out. Where do I get / 
> how do I make something that fits the Apple's back plane but isn't Sub-D?

The usual approach is to use a metal mounting plate cut to fit behind
the D-Sub cutout.  For the large holes, that gives you about 1.5" by
3/8" for connectors.  Two screws mount the plate to the back panel.

The connectors themselves are pretty widely available with various
mounting schemes, with through-hole, nut-mounted being convenient for
this use.

-michael

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