Old HP scanner

I'm not sure that the military terminolg was PL-259 for the PLug type 259...I think that was Amphenol's terminology as (and while I forget the actual number) the coaxial UHF plug and it's mating female chassis socket, had an MIL-STD number when we had to order them from supply. They also had an NSN, national stock number as well. Of course it's been 7 yrs since I dealt wth mil part numbers and 12 since I've had to mess with those types. => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gary Hildebrand => Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 8:27 PM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: Re: Old HP scanner => => => Joe wrote: => > => > At 11:39 AM 2/11/02 -0600, you wrote: => > >Better tell that to 99% of the manufacturers and sellers that use the => > >terminology then. C50 or Centronics 50 is used more often => than SCSI I to => > >refer to these connectors. If I remember long ago PBX and => multi-line phones => > >had a centronics-like connector as well (or was it more like => an IEEE-488)but => > >I know it wasn't referred to as Centronics. => > => > The phone companies used a 50 pin connector that was => commonly referred to => > as a "Telephone connector" for their multi-line phones. Later the same => > connector was commonly used for SCSI devices so it came to be called a => > "SCSI connector" but in truth both connectors were made by => Amphenol. At => > about the same time the smaller 36 pin connector became known as a => > "Centronics connector" because Centronics was one of the largest => > manufacturers of printers and they used it for their standard printer => > connector. FWIW HP developed an instrument control system => called "HP-IB" => > and it used a 26 pin version of the same connector so that one => became known => > as an "HP-IB connector". Other companies utilized the HP-IB concept but => > called their systems GP-IB so now the 26 pin connector became => known as a => > "GP-IB connector". BUT they're all made by Amphenol! => > => > Joe => => => I learned to call them Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connectors. Like the D => connectors there were several sizes depending on number of contacts. => Guess they were named for their useage, like PL259 connectors were named => from the military stock number, rather than calling them UHF. => => Gary Hildebrand => St. Joseph, MO =>