Old HP scanner

Amphenol has made all sorts of connectors and they don't generally get named as Amphenol xxxx either - military plugs/sockets are all named by a MIL standard/spec (or other alpha-numeric designations) and they become that MIL number/letter name after a while even with the public. Look at the standard 25 pin "serial" port - named DB-25, serial connector, others but yet I have non-computer/non-serial equipment that uses it too. The same goes for Mac SCSI - female db25, same as a PC "parallel" port - and other items use this too such as the backs of serial modems. No big deal, connectors are connectors and sometimes you have to either refer/search/call them as they are used in the general industry to either get a point across or locate replacements. What we call DIN connectors are also called microphone connectors by CB, ham and audio enthusiasts...even power supplies use DIN and mini-DIN. => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Joe => Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:27 PM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: RE: Old HP scanner => => => 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 => => =>