19 Aug
2006
19 Aug
'06
3:40 a.m.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, der Mouse wrote:
DC is a size I almost never see, and I don't
remember the exact pin
count. 37? 39? Something like that.
37, very common, e.g. for external floppy drives.
DE was tacked on as an afterthought. (I suppose they
could have used
D@, but that would make sense only to geeks who know their ASCII. :)
Well, the D-type connectors are at least 50 to 60 years old, so there
was no ASCII back then. Besides, they weren't invented for computer use,
but e.g. as robust connectors for industrial and military applications.
The pins are rated for several hundred volts and at least one ampere, I
think.
Christian