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MustardTent:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 19, 2005, 01:35:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: pkurby1 on May 19, 2005, 01:15:42 pm ---don't discount a bundle of wires with some type of connecter at the end with about a foot of slack.  That way, you can unclip the CP, pull it out, grab the wire, uncouple it, and you're set for another CP.
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That was my point.
If you unclip the CP, and then pull it out, which hand are you going to hold the CP in, while you use the other two hands to uncouple the wire?
Pulling directly on wires is a really BAD idea.

One end of the connector really needs to be securely mounted (like the keystone jacks on a Cat-5 system), so that you can simply unclip the cables.
Even the Atari style 9-pins, that work really well with one hand on the 2600, don't work well when both ends are connected to a slack wire.
You would have to pull the wires tight, and HOPE they don't yank on anything at the other end, or pull out of the connectors, etc...

The molex connectors are even worse because the pins fit tighter, and they usually have those little clips on the side to prevent them from coming loose by themselves.

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Okay.
gcbrowni:
I'm just finishing up a modular CP with a removable CP box. That gave me an idea ...

You could take a 19" 1U 16-port RJ45 patch panel and mount it to the front of your cab, right where the back of the CP box would sit. You could then cut a 'slot'  that's 1RU high right in the back of the CP box. That would give you access to the patch panel. It makes more sense if the top panels swap out also, like mine do, but you could leave the bottom of your box open also. You could also use one of those "6 in 1" blocks to make a larger 6 RJ45 bonded connector to plug in to your cab.

mahuti:
I took a 37 pin connector, soldered the wires up myself, and mounted it in a wood box. PUt a grey plate around the other connector to give me something to pull on.
PoDunkMoFo:
I was thinking something like this.  I found on this site.

Don't know pricing yet but I think it would work great for a no hand solution.  Kind of like a laptop docking station.

http://www.elconproducts.com/drawer/default.asp

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: pkurby1 on May 19, 2005, 02:05:05 pm ---Why is anybody holding the CP?
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