[BC] Soldering D-sub Pins

[Peter]

On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Gregory Muir wrote:

> As for the solderless crimp termination, it has been commonly known  
> that AMP was the frontrunner in this technique since the early  
> 1940's.  Obviously many other manufacturers quickly jumped on the  
> bandwagon in the early stages to copy their approach.  It is  
> interesting to note that during the 1960's AMP encountered some  
> difficulty in obtaining aerospace approvals on some of their crimp  
> products while a few other manufacturers had improved upon the  
> process and went ahead and won acceptance.  It wasn't very long  
> before AMP caught up and again secured the market.

AMP didn't get very many "design-ins".

Such examples being: Cannon's D-Subminiature series for rack and  
panel and also cable connectors, Winchester's M series for rack and  
panel and also cable connectors, IBM "Serpent" (serpentine) OEMI  
channel connectors, etcetera.

But, AMP made those, and many more, and all were accepted as the  
originals.

AMP production tooling was some of the finest available.