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Where Can You Buy Jumpers?

Posted by Cliff on from the in-all-their-various-shapes-and-sizes dept.

tekrat asks: "Here is a wacky question, and one I'm sure has frustrated millions of us hardware geeks. While we're moving towards jumperless motherboards, a good deal of them still require that we fiddle with jumpers to change things or when we upgrade. Or perhaps we're adding an internal SCSI drive and need to set it to a particular ID. Nevertheless, through the years, those little jumpers have come in a variety of sizes, all of them microscopic enough to easily get lost on the living room carpet. Without scavenging existing hardware, where does one go to obtain jumpers? I haven't been able to find anyone who sells them, and that makes me curious as to who even makes them for the motherboard or drive manufacturers. If anybody knows who sells a package of various-sized jumpers in a pack of 100 or 1000, please point 'em out and you will have my eternal gratitude."

17 of 54 comments (clear)

  1. I got yer jumpers right here. by PD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Right at the top of the page. It took me 15 seconds on google to find it.

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  2. I once bought thousands of $$$ of hardware... by renehollan · · Score: 2

    ...of course it became way obsolete over time, and I scrapped it, except for the still-useful jumpers.

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    1. Re:I once bought thousands of $$$ of hardware... by dattaway · · Score: 2

      I saved the MFM hard drives. Its great to have a spare 5MB when I need it.

    2. Re:I once bought thousands of $$$ of hardware... by renehollan · · Score: 2

      I threw my MFM drives, evem the 150 Mb (or there abouts) Maxtor I had out. Paid $500 for the thing too.

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  3. store by SuperguyA1 · · Score: 2

    Just go to the local Mom and pop computer part/repair store. They probably have 10,000 sitting in a bowl in the back

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  4. Computergate by arnex · · Score: 3, Informative

    A penny apiece.

  5. 7 cents by jeffy124 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Radio shack

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    1. Re:7 cents by PhilHibbs · · Score: 2

      That returns:
      Oops.
      Internal error. Please contact allcorp@allcorp.com

  6. Re:Buy them? by isorox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Post:
    without scavenging existing hardware, where does one go to obtain jumpers?

    Your response:
    I always just rumaged through severely decrepid and archaic computer parts and ripped the jumpers off of them.

    hmm. Read the post or just reply after the first 3 lines?

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    1. Re:Today on Ask Slashdot: by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Informative

      It's a shame more thoughtful ask slashdots get rejected 2 seconds (literally) after being submitted. Note i didn't say better.. just something not quite as obvious.

      Jumpers? Dime a dozen. literally. Hit your local radio shack.

      I preferred dip switches. To me, they seemed so much more.. logical.

    2. Re:Today on Ask Slashdot: by larien · · Score: 2
      Ah, that's the point; you're asking about "business people", not "nerds" or "geeks". You need to aim things at the intellectual level that believes that ripping off suppliers of their intellectual property/copyright is OK and anyone who attempts to enforce IP/copyright/trademarks is eeeevil...

      Now to see how long it takes to get moderated down as "troll" or "flamebait" - since I have full karma, I don't care.

  8. DigiKey by smurd · · Score: 4, Insightful
    You can get:
    • .100 P/N A26228-ND for 9 cents
    • .200 P/N A26232-ND for $0.49
    • and the 2mm mircoscopic finger confusers
      2mm P/N A26244-ND for 0.26
    All Prices for 10 each
    from digikey
  9. Where to buy Jumpers by Void_of_light · · Score: 2, Informative

    Go to www.cyberguys.com they have jumpers and every little computer screw you could imagine

    I have ordered from them many times and have always gotten goo service

    1. Re:Where to buy Jumpers by Ledge · · Score: 2, Funny

      Isn't goo service against the law everywhere in the US except Nevada? (excluding LV county)

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  10. No justification by fm6 · · Score: 2
    Oh come on, this is a guy who's having trouble finding little bits of wire. How interesting is that?

    I like the narrow-interest questions too. But that's not the same thing as "I'm totally clueless, tell me what to do," questions. These belong on bbs-style sites or USENET.

  11. Re:In a pinch... by michael_cain · · Score: 2

    Probably showing my age, but for the common square posts on 0.1" centers, when I get desperate I pull out my old wirewrap supplies and wrap the necessary connections. Good solid contact, the wires are insulated so two or more "jumpers" can't short to each other, and readily removable when the time comes.