1 Feb
2025
1 Feb
'25
5:33 p.m.
On 2/1/25 09:05, roger arrick via cctalk wrote:
I'm happy to see people using the correct shell
letter for DSubs around here! Oldschool wisdom.
I get irritated hearing people on the vintage computing groups calling everything DB.
Here's a quick write up about it - there is no DB9! 🙂
In fact, if "keeping up with the times" is a thing, then this 35-year
old IEC standard should dictate what we call these beasts:
http://file.yzimgs.com/383992/2013022116300293.pdf
But then, the simple D-sub 25-way male connector would be a real
mouthful. Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.
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.
But in my dotage, I've learned not to beat a dead horse.
--Chuck