Malvineous
Experienced Member
Hi all,
I'm looking for a particular connector to make a CD audio cable for one of my retro PCs, but I realised that I don't actually know what the connectors are all called.
There's a photo of one type of "universal" cable here: http://cable-trader.co.uk/items/universal-cd-rom-audio-cable-05-mtrs
From that, I know:
Can anyone shed any light on what these connectors are, and what common names one might use to refer to them?
I'm looking for a particular connector to make a CD audio cable for one of my retro PCs, but I realised that I don't actually know what the connectors are all called.
There's a photo of one type of "universal" cable here: http://cable-trader.co.uk/items/universal-cd-rom-audio-cable-05-mtrs
From that, I know:
- The four pin black connector (the "modern" one) is a Molex 70107, and was listed in the MPC standard so I think it is safe to call it an "MPC connector" as a common name.
- The small three and four pin white connectors are compatible (the three pin one will fit in a four-pin socket and work) but I don't know what this connector is called. It's similar to a JST one but smaller. I'm not sure which brands of drive they were popular with, so I'm not sure whether you could come up with a common name based on the drive manufacturer (e.g. "Matsushita connector").
- The large white four-pin connector is very similar to a CPU fan connector, but again I don't know the exact name or which drives they were popular with (to give it a "common name").
Can anyone shed any light on what these connectors are, and what common names one might use to refer to them?