15 Jan
2011
15 Jan
'11
9:55 a.m.
When somebody talks about a "DB-15 VIDEO connector", are they talking
about a DE-15 or a DA-15 (both of which are (or at least have been) used
for video. When I needed an adapter from DA15 TO DE15, what should I call
I have seen the DE15 connector called an 'HDB15'. ARGH!. But it might be
the right name ot use if you'ere dealing with the local PC shop...
it? What's the best eBay search query for it?
For that matter, unless we
Probalby soemthing involving 'Macintosh' and 'VGA' :-)
explicitly state the gender of the two ends of it,
what does that "TO" mean?
It may be (understatement) futile to try to educate the world to the
correct terminology, but if we don't, then it continually gets harder to
successfully differentiate ANYTHING.
I woudlagree. I always try to use the correct terms if I know them, even
if they are not the onescommonly used. However, I also try to accept
incorrect terms if it's clear what is meant. If somebody asks me for the
pinout of the 'DB9' [1] connector on the HP Portable Plus, I don't just
replay that there's no such thing. Instead I get out the techref and tell
them the pinout of the DE9 serial port. And I call it a DE9 in my reply.
[1] $deity that was hard for me to type.
-tony