ROBERT SAYRE wrote in a message to JASEN BETTS:

RS> Connectors that connect one PC board to another by a ribbon or
RS> similar cable. I don't know the brand name for these "stake-pin"
RS> type connectors.

JB> DIL I thhink. duai-in-line (like used for IDE hard drives?)
JB> edge connectors are sometimes used too,

 RS>  Not all are DIL. Many are SIL.

 RS>  I think the brand is AMP, but I'm not sure. (Short for
 RS> Amphenol? Or are they one of Amphenol's competitors??)

Two different companies.  AMP is headquartered around here.  Bought out in
recent years by Tyco,  and they got into some sort of financial jam not too
long ago,  right after the Enron mess broke.  There are a number of other
mfr's of those pin-type connectors,  though,  they're a pretty standard
item.

AMP does make the disk drive power connectors,  and a few others that seem
to be either specific to them or else at least originated with them.

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