10 Sep
2007
10 Sep
'07
11:38 a.m.
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Rob wrote:
A quick rundown of parallel printer ports here shows:
- a symbol very like the MS word one.
- the word "Parallel"
- a rectangle with a knob on the side with an overlayed square with
equal horizontal lines on it.
- a rectangle with an overlayed square with different length lines
- similar but looks more like paper falling out of a slot
- a rectangle with a corner cut off above a horizontal line
Don't forget the "piano" symbol for hardcopy output on IBM flowchart
templates.
I couldn't find two that were exactly the same!
No wonder mass-market PCs are produced with *colour
coded* connectors,
and mass-market peripherals are issued with matching coloured plugs...
Are the COLOR (in the case of USA) coded connectors standardized?