1 Feb
2025
1 Feb
'25
5:40 p.m.
On 01/02/2025 17:33, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Another pet gripe of mine is calling the old 50-way
SCSI/etc. connector
a "Centronics" connector,regardless of application or number of
connections.
I prefer to refer to them as "blue ribbon" connectors, developed by
Amphenol in 1950 and used extensively in commercial telephone systems
long before Centronics or SCSI.
I've always called them Amphenol connectors, although strictly speaking
Amphenol made more than one design.
My #1 annoyances are IT types referring non-volatile RAM as CMOS and
motherboard configuration utilities as a BIOS.