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Matt -
Rotten luck.
You can chop up one of the oddball adapters and make a new one out of it and a used crt socket. In fact, you can chop up an oddball adapter and just put alligator clips on each wire, and make a "universal" adaptor. It's a tad more risky to do that, as you need to make SURE every time that you clip the right wire to the right CRT pin. Making an adaptor out of a spare socket means you only have to be SURE once. Of course, having the original NOS adapter means you don't have to think about it at all. Shame about your eBay purchase.
When I get home from work, I'll look at mine and sketch up a diagram. Remember, my 8080A came without any adaptors at all, so I might have to "punt" a little. Post a couple of closeups of your least exciting adaptor. Maybe we can figure out wire colors remotely. If so, I can probably scrounge up the needed sockets and send you the two you need. If you're interested, maybe even mail me an adaptor and I'll wire and test it for you. Price would be one more adaptor that I can wire and test for me. If interested.
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