Hi all,
I am looking for 8 of those silver hex screws that one uses to mount connectors (e.g., mouse card's DB9) to the back of the Apple //e.
Does anyone have them and can part with a few, or know their spec?
Thanks,
Armando
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If you have an old pc desktop lying around you can pilfer the screws from the com ports and use them. I have a couple of Dell Optiplex desktop cases that I took those screws from for my //e floppy connector.
Ebay also has them but brass. 5mm sounds like the correct size.
Cheers!
Gary
You can rder these brand new.
@Timelord, Maybe you can suggest where?
...and if he only needs a couple of these, might it be worth It to get some from one of our members?
Fek. I heave a lot of these, but I do not know the metrics offhand. If the OP or anyone else still needs them, I will put a caliper on them and measure both the hex diameter and the thread diameter. The thread pitch is standard for its diameter.
In case anyone needs screws like these, I sourced them from Dr. Ken @ Apple2Online. They were a perfect fit for the //e's backpanel.
Armando
Sorry for the missed reply:
Standoff Screw Asst Kits like this have them. They are called a standoff screw. You can order them in stainless, in brass, and in nylon. You just need to know the thread pitch and thread diameter, and I forgot to measure them. I literally have bins of screws and standoffs of all different sizes, but I do not know where my pitch gauge is. I can put one in calipers and measure its rod and its hex head, but thread pitch, I cannot easily check.
Misplacing tools is not fun. The mthread pitch is probably SAE, not matric,
If you put `standoff hex screw` into an amazon search it will list all of the sizes available. I think that these are the ones that I typically order.
They are the same as 80s to 90s PCs and such.
You can also occasionally rob them from old ISA and PCI cards.
The thread pitch is UNC 400. Hope that helps?
Chesh