Z connectors have been used in games by multiple pinball manufacturers for decades, of course... but does anybody know what company actually manufacturers/sells them in OEM quantities?
I've had rotten luck finding them from anybody but pinball part resellers such as PBL and MS... and I'm assuming they don't actually /build/ them. I'm trying to figure out where they're actually coming from.
MWWS156-1606_300x187 (resized).jpgQuoted from triggur:Z connectors have been used in games by multiple pinball manufacturers for decades, of course... but does anybody know what company actually manufacturers/sells them in OEM quantities?
I've had rotten luck finding them from anybody but pinball part resellers such as PBL and MS... and I'm assuming they don't actually /build/ them. I'm trying to figure out where they're actually coming from.[quoted image]
Pancon is the manufacturer, but they went out of business in 2019. I had heard rumors of another company possibly picking up their tooling, but I don’t know if that ever happened. Whatever you see being offered on the market now is likely old stock. Stern did away with using z connectors I think maybe just before stranger things.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pancon-corporation-closing-two-plants-300933410.html
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