[R-390] Question - 9 Pin Plug

[Richard Loken]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Albert Santangelo wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> ElectroSonic in Toronto used to distribute 9 pin tube socket plugs made by
> Armaco Electronics of Vancouver B.C..

Armaco is or was the Russ Mack Company and they were importers (never made
a thing themselves) from Japan from back when it was an insult to say 
"made in Japan".  They imported good stuff and bad stuff and you never knew
which one you would get.  I read an article on Armaco once and they said
that Russ could speak Japanese well and went over there to negotiate on his
own behalf.

Nothing much has changed, today we have "Mode" brand imported connectors and
I bought some N connectors with their name on them that were unqualified
junk.  But I was a "Made in USA" bigot before I bought those connectors anyway.
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   Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS  
   Athabasca University
   Athabasca, Alberta Canada
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