31 Dec
2001
31 Dec
'01
11:55 a.m.
Damn. While I generally disagee with Richards approach on most things his
recent postings are things I agree with. Remember the legend of the Tower of
Babel ? Richard have you been smoking those funny little cigarettes ?
And I'm even supportive of your views on Kwanza and Xmas.
Maybe this new rural setting is changing my world-view. GAWD am I to
become a New Hampshire Republican ?
Lawrence
There are plenty of folks who think collectors of old
computer hardware are odd.
One oddity I'd like to see adopted is a dedication to correctness in detail.
Where the language used in our society is rapidly heading for the point at which
everyone will only be taught a single syllable, leaving inflections to
communicate whatever little meaning there is, I'd suggest we, at least, take it
upon ourselves to learn and use the correct terminology, painful as it may be.
more below, BTW.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:57 AM
Subject: Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)mts.net
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
A lot of this nomenclature problem came about when folks started referring
to the DB25 (and it is a 'B' shell) as an "RS232" connector.
IIRC, both the 'D' subminitature connectors, e.g. DE9, DA15, DB25, DC37,
DD50 ... and the "Blue-Ribbon" series were Amphenol products, the patent on
which expired in the late '70's. Consequently the trade names became muddled in
various competitors' nomenclature. If somebody has kept old Cramer, Newark,
Allied, and other catalogs of the late '60's and early '70's, (which I
haven't)
the nomenclature should be much clearer there.
Tony is correct.
Regrettably, Jameco has fallen into the bastardization/mongrelization of the
language. Looking at a page of a 1962 Allied Radio catalog, I see listings
and illustrations of the Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connectors in sizes running
from 8-32 contacts. They obviously derived their name from the blue Diallyl
phthalate dielectric that carried the ribbon-like contacts.
Don provides a hint to the correct approach.
Invoke the 10 year rule.
In place of current accepted sloppy terminology,
how many remember what they were called THEN?