Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!reed!omen!percival!sweet From: sweet@percival.UUCP (Dan Sweet) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: RS-232 connector flame! Manufacturers, listen up! Message-ID: <311@percival.UUCP> Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 04:36:40 EST Article-I.D.: percival.311 Posted: Sun Dec 21 04:36:40 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 20:39:13 EST References: <2539@phri.UUCP> <2256@dalcs.UUCP> Reply-To: sweet@percival.UUCP (Dan Sweet) Distribution: world Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR. Lines: 20 In article <2256@dalcs.UUCP> thompson@dalcs.UUCP (Michael A. Thompson) writes: > > I ran into this problem too, and I thought A-ha they weren't > tight enough so I took my little socket driver and started > tighting the little..., nope, they just started breaking off > (about 1 in ten would break off). >-- >Michael A. Thompson, Dept. Math, Stats, & C.S., Dalhousie U., Halifax, N.S. I too had have run in to this problem, and the original one also. At the place I used to work, this problem was brought to the attention of the QC guys, I remember them talking about dumping all the old stock and specifying 'stainless steel' parts. (the vender was AMP) I do not know if they are avail, but might be worth looking in to. -- Dan Sweet ...!{ucbvax|ihnp4|seismo}!tektronix!reed!percival!sweet "Wasn't made for a human head Sarge." -Joey