ZX81 denigrated! (was Re: Approaches to projects)

[Dave Woodman]

Tony Duell wrote:

>Now, this nect bit is very off-topic, but.... I've got a older Philips 
>Reel-to_-Reel recoerder with a strange socket for the record player 
>input. According to my shelf of schematics for such things, several other 
>Philips-made tape recorders (sold also under the Cossor and Stella names 
>had this connecotr, either on its own, or with a normal DIN socket wired 
>in parallel. The connector has 5 flat pins in a line, arranged something 
>like : 
>
> | -- -- | --
>
>There is no overall screening can. The pins are named p, q, r, s, t, 
>every alternate pin is chassis ground, the other 2 being the 2 audio 
>channels. According to the service manual for my machine, it's called an 
>'IEC socket' and I have the Philips part number for the socket and the 
>mating plug.
>
>What I can't find, though, is any reference to the plug ever having been 
>used. I can't find any mention of a record player fitted with said plug 
>on the pickup cable. Has anyone ever come across it.
>
Have you tried asking on the UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration 
website? They have a vintage tape recorder section at 
http://www.vintage-radio.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=tape_recorder

Cheers,

    Dave.