[Elecraft] K3 Accessory Connector

[Fred N. van Kempen]

Brett writes:

> Kind of silly, I have regular normal D connectors that
> have worked fine after many thousands or connects
> and disconnects.
I tend to agree... my 1972-era PDP-11 systems all have
D-shell connectors for most I/O, and guess what, they
still work fine.  And yeah, that's "slightly more" then
the listed 200-to-500 matings, I can guarantee that! :)

Elecraft's choice of using the D-Sub15 is fine.  It's
solderable by most people, not too flimsy to just break
when being pulled at the connector end (try that with a
MiniDIN ..) and, as someone else already mentioned, you
can even grab a regular PC VGA cable, get rid of the 
"other end" of the cable (that being a connector or a
monitor ;-) and then use it for the KayThree...

Cheers,

Fred PA4YBR/KA4YBR #05331